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Relative Time - Includes Future

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Original script by jaytee. I used the script in a project, but then needed 'future' support. Added the script, thought I would share.

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  1. function relative_time($date) {
  2. 	$diff = time() - strtotime($date);
  3. 	if ($diff>0) {
  4. 		if ($diff<60)
  5. 			return $diff . " second" . plural($diff) . " ago";
  6. 		$diff = round($diff/60);
  7. 		if ($diff<60)
  8. 			return $diff . " minute" . plural($diff) . " ago";
  9. 		$diff = round($diff/60);
  10. 		if ($diff<24)
  11. 			return $diff . " hour" . plural($diff) . " ago";
  12. 		$diff = round($diff/24);
  13. 		if ($diff<7)
  14. 			return $diff . " day" . plural($diff) . " ago";
  15. 		$diff = round($diff/7);
  16. 		if ($diff<4)
  17. 			return $diff . " week" . plural($diff) . " ago";
  18. 		return "on " . date("F j, Y", strtotime($date));
  19. 	} else {
  20. 		if ($diff>-60)
  21. 			return "in " . -$diff . " second" . plural($diff);
  22. 		$diff = round($diff/60);
  23. 		if ($diff>-60)
  24. 			return "in " . -$diff . " minute" . plural($diff);
  25. 		$diff = round($diff/60);
  26. 		if ($diff>-24)
  27. 			return "in " . -$diff . " hour" . plural($diff);
  28. 		$diff = round($diff/24);
  29. 		if ($diff>-7)
  30. 			return "in " . -$diff . " day" . plural($diff);
  31. 		$diff = round($diff/7);
  32. 		if ($diff>-4)
  33. 			return "in " . -$diff . " week" . plural($diff);
  34. 		return "on " . date("F j, Y", strtotime($date));
  35. 	}
  36. }

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