LoRz

class calculateTime
{
 public static function createTimeString($timeStamp, $format="long", $dateFormat="n/j/Y")
 {
  // Take the current time and create the difference
  $timeDifference = time() - $timeStamp;
 
  // Check the length of time passed since seconds
  switch($timeDifference)
  {
   // Date is less than an hour old
   case $timeDifference <= 3600:
    $minutes = floor($timeDifference / 60);
    $seconds = $timeDifference - ($minutes * 60);
 
    // Choose correct pluralizations
    if($minutes == 1)
    {
     $minuteString = "minute";
    }
    else
    {
     $minuteString = "minutes";
    }
 
    if($seconds == 1)
    {
     $secondString = "second";
    }
    else
    {
     $secondString = "seconds";
    }
 
    switch($format)
    {
     case "short":
      return $minutes . "m " . $seconds . "s ago";
     break;
 
     default:
      return $minutes . " " . $minuteString . " " . $seconds . " " . $secondString . " ago";
     break;
    }
   break;
 
   // Date is less than a day old
   case $timeDifference <= 86400:
    $hours = floor($timeDifference / 60 / 60);
    $minutes = floor(($timeDifference - ($hours * 60 * 60)) / 60);
 
    // Choose correct pluralizations
    if($hours == 1)
    {
     $hourString = "hour";
    }
    else
    {
     $hourString = "hours";
    }
 
    if($minutes == 1)
    {
     $minuteString = "minute";
    }
    else
    {
     $minuteString = "minutes";
    }
 
    switch($format)
    {
     case "short":
      return $hours . "h " . $minutes . "m ago";
     break;
 
     default:
      return $hours . " " . $hourString . " " . $minutes . " " . $minuteString . " ago";
     break;
    }
   break;
 
   // Date is less than a week old.
   case $timeDifference <= 604800:
    $days = floor($timeDifference / 86400);
    $hours = floor(($timeDifference - ($days * 86400)) / 60 / 60);
 
    // Choose correct pluralizations
    if($days == 1)
    {
     $dayString = "day";
    }
    else
    {
     $dayString = "days";
    }
 
    if($hours == 1)
    {
     $hourString = "hour";
    }
    else
    {
     $hourString = "hours";
    }
 
    switch($format)
    {
     case "short":
      return $days . "d " . $hours . "h ago";
     break;
 
     default:
      return $days . " " . $dayString . " " . $hours . " " . $hourString . " ago";
     break;
    }
   break;
 
   // Older than one week. Just return the absolute date.
   default:
    return date($dateFormat, $timeStamp);
   break;
  }
 }
}
 
?>

posted by Lorz  # 3:30 AM