Module:TimeAgo

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:TimeAgo/doc

local p = {}

function p.timeago(frame)
    local date = frame.args[1] or ""
    if date == "" then return "Invalid date" end

    local current = os.time()
    local given = os.time{year=string.sub(date, 1, 4), month=string.sub(date, 6, 7), day=string.sub(date, 9, 10)}

    local diff = os.difftime(current, given)
    local days = math.floor(diff / (24 * 60 * 60))

    if days < 1 then
        return "Today"
    elseif days == 1 then
        return "1 day ago"
    elseif days < 30 then
        return days .. " days ago"
    elseif days < 365 then
        return math.floor(days / 30) .. " months ago"
    else
        return math.floor(days / 365) .. " years ago"
    end
end

return p