I am using the timeago plugin http://timeago.yarp.com/
It seems to work if the element is generated within the html however if I try to echo it to the page from php it does not work.
Please see my files below: 1.php where you can see the issue of the correct timeago in the "load_out" div and the incorrect value (from php) in the "div2" div; showall.php; there's a basic connect.php file which connects to a database "test" containing a table "comments" - I won't inlcude it here; finally the jquery plugin which I have called timeago2.js. Please see files below:
1.php:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="timeago2.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
jQuery("abbr.timeago").timeago();
$(".div2").load('showall.php');
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="load_out" style="border:1px solid red">
<abbr class="timeago" title="2014-07-30T20:00:17Z">July 17, 2008</abbr>
</div>
<div class="div2">
<div>
</body>
</html>
showall.php
<?php
function showPosts() {
#mysql_connect("localhost","root","")or die("could not connect to mysql");
#mysql_select_db("test")or die("no database");
$me = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM comment");
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($me)){
echo '<abbr class="timeago" title="2014-07-30T20:00:17Z">hi</abbr>';
}
}
return showPosts();
?>
timeago2.js:
/**
* Timeago is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically
* updating fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago" or "about 1 day ago").
*
* #name timeago
* #version 1.4.1
* #requires jQuery v1.2.3+
* #author Ryan McGeary
* #license MIT License - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
*
* For usage and examples, visit:
* http://timeago.yarp.com/
*
* Copyright (c) 2008-2013, Ryan McGeary (ryan -[at]- mcgeary [*dot*] org)
*/
(function (factory) {
if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
// AMD. Register as an anonymous module.
define(['jquery'], factory);
} else {
// Browser globals
factory(jQuery);
}
}(function ($) {
$.timeago = function(timestamp) {
if (timestamp instanceof Date) {
return inWords(timestamp);
} else if (typeof timestamp === "string") {
return inWords($.timeago.parse(timestamp));
} else if (typeof timestamp === "number") {
return inWords(new Date(timestamp));
} else {
return inWords($.timeago.datetime(timestamp));
}
};
var $t = $.timeago;
$.extend($.timeago, {
settings: {
refreshMillis: 60000,
allowPast: true,
allowFuture: false,
localeTitle: false,
cutoff: 0,
strings: {
prefixAgo: null,
prefixFromNow: null,
suffixAgo: "ago",
suffixFromNow: "from now",
inPast: 'any moment now',
seconds: "less than a minute",
minute: "about a minute",
minutes: "%d minutes",
hour: "about an hour",
hours: "about %d hours",
day: "a day",
days: "%d days",
month: "about a month",
months: "%d months",
year: "about a year",
years: "%d years",
wordSeparator: " ",
numbers: []
}
},
inWords: function(distanceMillis) {
if(!this.settings.allowPast && ! this.settings.allowFuture) {
throw 'timeago allowPast and allowFuture settings can not both be set to false.';
}
var $l = this.settings.strings;
var prefix = $l.prefixAgo;
var suffix = $l.suffixAgo;
if (this.settings.allowFuture) {
if (distanceMillis < 0) {
prefix = $l.prefixFromNow;
suffix = $l.suffixFromNow;
}
}
if(!this.settings.allowPast && distanceMillis >= 0) {
return this.settings.strings.inPast;
}
var seconds = Math.abs(distanceMillis) / 1000;
var minutes = seconds / 60;
var hours = minutes / 60;
var days = hours / 24;
var years = days / 365;
function substitute(stringOrFunction, number) {
var string = $.isFunction(stringOrFunction) ? stringOrFunction(number, distanceMillis)
: stringOrFunction;
var value = ($l.numbers && $l.numbers[number]) || number;
return string.replace(/%d/i, value);
}
var words = seconds < 45 && substitute($l.seconds, Math.round(seconds)) ||
seconds < 90 && substitute($l.minute, 1) ||
minutes < 45 && substitute($l.minutes, Math.round(minutes)) ||
minutes < 90 && substitute($l.hour, 1) ||
hours < 24 && substitute($l.hours, Math.round(hours)) ||
hours < 42 && substitute($l.day, 1) ||
days < 30 && substitute($l.days, Math.round(days)) ||
days < 45 && substitute($l.month, 1) ||
days < 365 && substitute($l.months, Math.round(days / 30)) ||
years < 1.5 && substitute($l.year, 1) ||
substitute($l.years, Math.round(years));
var separator = $l.wordSeparator || "";
if ($l.wordSeparator === undefined) { separator = " "; }
return $.trim([prefix, words, suffix].join(separator));
},
parse: function(iso8601) {
var s = $.trim(iso8601);
s = s.replace(/\.\d+/,""); // remove milliseconds
s = s.replace(/-/,"/").replace(/-/,"/");
s = s.replace(/T/," ").replace(/Z/," UTC");
s = s.replace(/([\+\-]\d\d)\(\d\d)/," $1$2"); // -04:00 -> -0400
s = s.replace(/([\+\-]\d\d)$/," $100"); // +09 -> +0900
return new Date(s);
},
datetime: function(elem) {
var iso8601 = $t.isTime(elem) ? $(elem).attr("datetime") : $(elem).attr("title");
return $t.parse(iso8601);
},
isTime: function(elem) {
// jQuery's `is()` doesn't play well with HTML5 in IE
return $(elem).get(0).tagName.toLowerCase() === "time"; // $(elem).is("time");
}
});
// functions that can be called via $(el).timeago('action')
// init is default when no action is given
// functions are called with context of a single element
var functions = {
init: function(){
var refresh_el = $.proxy(refresh, this);
refresh_el();
var $s = $t.settings;
if ($s.refreshMillis > 0) {
this._timeagoInterval = setInterval(refresh_el, $s.refreshMillis);
}
},
update: function(time){
var parsedTime = $t.parse(time);
$(this).data('timeago', { datetime: parsedTime });
if($t.settings.localeTitle) $(this).attr("title", parsedTime.toLocaleString());
refresh.apply(this);
},
updateFromDOM: function(){
$(this).data('timeago', { datetime: $t.parse( $t.isTime(this) ?
$(this).attr("datetime") : $(this).attr("title") ) });
refresh.apply(this);
},
dispose: function () {
if (this._timeagoInterval) {
window.clearInterval(this._timeagoInterval);
this._timeagoInterval = null;
}
}
};
$.fn.timeago = function(action, options) {
var fn = action ? functions[action] : functions.init;
if(!fn){
throw new Error("Unknown function name '"+ action +"' for timeago");
}
// each over objects here and call the requested function
this.each(function(){
fn.call(this, options);
});
return this;
};
function refresh() {
var data = prepareData(this);
var $s = $t.settings;
if (!isNaN(data.datetime)) {
if ( $s.cutoff == 0 || Math.abs(distance(data.datetime)) < $s.cutoff) {
$(this).text(inWords(data.datetime));
}
}
return this;
}
function prepareData(element) {
element = $(element);
if (!element.data("timeago")) {
element.data("timeago", { datetime: $t.datetime(element) });
var text = $.trim(element.text());
if ($t.settings.localeTitle) {
element.attr("title", element.data('timeago').datetime.toLocaleString());
} else if (text.length > 0 && !($t.isTime(element) && element.attr("title"))) {
element.attr("title", text);
}
}
return element.data("timeago");
}
function inWords(date) {
return $t.inWords(distance(date));
}
function distance(date) {
return (new Date().getTime() - date.getTime());
}
// fix for IE6 suckage
document.createElement("abbr");
document.createElement("time");
}));
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery("time.timeago").timeago();
});
important <time> span!
<time class="timeago" datetime="2008-07-17T09:24:17Z" title="July 17, 2008">8 years ago</time>
which yields: 8 years ago. As time passes, the timestamps will automatically update
Related
This is my js/php displaying function:
<script type="text/javascript">
$.fn.cycle.defaults.speed = 900;
$.fn.cycle.defaults.timeout = 5000;
$(function()
{
$('#demos pre code').each(function()
{
eval($(this).text());
});
$('#demos2 pre code').each(function()
{
eval($(this).text());
});
});
$(function($) {
var pstOptions = {
timeNotation: '12h',
am_pm: true,
utc: true,
utc_offset: <%SETTING_TIMEOFFSET%>,
fontFamily: 'Verdana, Times New Roman',
fontSize: '11px',
foreground: 'white',
background: 'black'
}
$('.jclockPST').jclock(pstOptions);
});
</script>
and this is my full js script:
/*
* jQuery jclock - Clock plugin - v 0.2.1
* http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jclock
*
* Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Doug Sparling <http://www.dougsparling.com>
* Licensed under the MIT License:
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
*/
(function($) {
$.fn.jclock = function(options) {
var version = '0.2.1';
// options
var opts = $.extend({}, $.fn.jclock.defaults, options);
return this.each(function() {
$this = $(this);
$this.timerID = null;
$this.running = false;
$.fn.jclock.getServerOffset($this);
var o = $.meta ? $.extend({}, opts, $this.data()) : opts;
$this.timeNotation = o.timeNotation;
$this.am_pm = o.am_pm;
$this.utc = o.utc;
$this.utc_offset = o.utc_offset;
$this.css({
fontFamily: o.fontFamily,
fontSize: o.fontSize,
backgroundColor: o.background,
color: o.foreground
});
$.fn.jclock.startClock($this);
});
};
$.fn.jclock.getServerOffset = function(el) {
//Want to make a synchronous call to the server to get the server time.
$.ajax({
url: "Time.php",
async: false,
context: el,
success: function(result) {
var serverDate = new Date(+(result) * 1000); //Convert the seconds to a number, and multiple by 1000 to get milliseconds.
var clientDate = new Date();
$this = $(this.context[0]);
$this.serverOffset = clientDate - serverDate; //Set the offset between server and client.
}
});
};
$.fn.jclock.startClock = function(el) {
$.fn.jclock.stopClock(el);
$.fn.jclock.displayTime(el);
};
$.fn.jclock.stopClock = function(el) {
if(el.running) {
clearTimeout(el.timerID);
}
el.running = false;
};
$.fn.jclock.displayTime = function(el) {
var time = $.fn.jclock.getTime(el);
el.html(time);
el.timerID = setTimeout(function(){$.fn.jclock.displayTime(el)},1000);
};
$.fn.jclock.getTime = function(el) {
var now = new Date(new Date().getTime() - el.serverOffset); //Apply the server offset.
var hours, minutes, seconds;
if(el.utc == true) {
if(el.utc_offset != 0) {
now.setUTCHours(now.getUTCHours()+el.utc_offset);
}
hours = now.getUTCHours();
minutes = now.getUTCMinutes();
seconds = now.getUTCSeconds();
} else {
hours = now.getHours();
minutes = now.getMinutes();
seconds = now.getSeconds();
}
var am_pm_text = '';
(hours >= 12) ? am_pm_text = " P.M." : am_pm_text = " A.M.";
if (el.timeNotation == '12h') {
hours = ((hours > 12) ? hours - 12 : hours);
} else {
hours = ((hours < 10) ? "0" : "") + hours;
}
minutes = ((minutes < 10) ? "0" : "") + minutes;
seconds = ((seconds < 10) ? "0" : "") + seconds;
var timeNow = hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;
if ( (el.timeNotation == '12h') && (el.am_pm == true) ) {
timeNow += am_pm_text;
}
return timeNow;
};
// plugin defaults
$.fn.jclock.defaults = {
timeNotation: '24h',
am_pm: false,
utc: false,
fontFamily: '',
fontSize: '',
foreground: '',
background: '',
utc_offset: 0
};
})(jQuery);
How to add Date on it, so it will display Monday, Tuesday and etc ? My current time is obtained via time.php via
echo time();
I hope someone will be able to help me out since I dont want to break something.
It's a big thanks in advance.
Javascript doesn't have a nice way of printing out the day name like PHP does, you have to code the names manually, starting with Sunday:
var days = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];
var date = new Date();
console.log(days[date.getDay()]); // Wednesday
More info here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getDay
EDIT: If you want to do this all with the jclock plugin, you can use the format parameter to specify the output format. The format symbol for the day name is %A. For an example using the format option, see: https://github.com/dsparling/jclock/blob/master/examples/clock2.html
I have an Apache based server, which currently hosts my PHP + HTML5 app. I wrote a jquery script, which should change background image of specific div, if some conditions regarding server time are met. Problem is - the script is not working :)
I've already red some issues here, and tried to fix script, but those didn't help, because they are not completely related to my problem.
Ok, here's the script:
$(document).ready(function () {
var serverdate = new Date("<?php echo date('l,g,i,s'); ?>");
var currentTime = serverdate.getTime();
var gameTime = getTimeFromString("8:45 pm");
var endTime = getTimeFromString("11:45 pm");
var currentDay = serverdate.getDay();
var weekday=new Array(7);
weekday[0]="Sunday";
weekday[1]="Monday";
weekday[2]="Tuesday";
weekday[3]="Wednesday";
weekday[4]="Thursday";
weekday[5]="Friday";
weekday[6]="Saturday";
if (currentDay === "Tuesday" || currentDay ==="Wednesday"){
if (currentTime<gameTime) {
$('#bodymain').addClass('day').removeClass('game');
}
else if (currentTime>endTime) {
$('#bodymain').addClass('day').removeClass('game');
}
else {
$('#bodymain').addClass('game').removeClass('day');
}
}
else {
$('#bodymain').addClass('day').removeClass('game');
}
function getTimeFromString(timeString){
var theTime = new Date();
var time = timeString.match(/(\d+)(?::(\d\d))?\s*(p?)/);
theTime.setHours(parseInt(time[1])+(time[3]?12:0));
theTime.setMinutes(parseInt(time[2]) || 0);
return theTime.getTime();
}
});
Any clues?
I've decided to use a different approach, based on your inputs. Now it all works flawlessly. Here's the final solution (I had to wait until I could answer my own question):
PHP file:
<?php
$current_time = strtotime('now');
if ($current_time > strtotime('tuesday this week 8:45pm') && $current_time < strtotime('tuesday this week 11:45pm')) {
$background = 1;
}
else if ($current_time > strtotime('wednesday this week 8:45pm') && $current_time < strtotime('wednesday this week 11:45pm')) {
$background = 1;
}
else{
$background = 0;
}
?>
<script>
var backday = <?php echo json_encode($background); ?>;
</script>
JS File:
$(document).ready(function () {
createBackground()
});
function createBackground(){
if (backday === 0) {
$('#bodymain').addClass('day').removeClass('game');
}
else if (backday === 1) {
$('#bodymain').addClass('game').removeClass('day');
}
else {
alert("Background error");
}
}
The problem is with serverdate.getDay();.
Date.getDay(); return 0-6 number of day ,not the name of the day.
And serverdate.getTime(); return's number of Miliseconds of the total time.
You should lear about Date Object in JavaScript
Just replace currentDay with weekday[currentDay] because you compare with day name. This will works for you.
I'd like to countdown time which is difference between two time from php, the result is timestamp.
{var $time = new \DateTime()}
<div class="date" data-date="{= ($time2->getTimestamp() - $time->getTimestamp())*1000}">
In data-date I have difference of time [timestamp]. Now I want to countdown this time. I get this information from HTML to JS.
$(function() {
$(".date").each(function(){
time = $(this).data('date');
$.countdown($(this).children(".countdown"), time);
});
});
There is taken code which doesn't work properly.
jQuery.countdown = function(selector, datevalue) {
var amount = datevalue;
// catch past dates
if(amount < 0){
$(selector).html("Done");
}
// date is in the future, calculate the diff
else{
days=0;hours=0;mins=0;secs=0;out="";
amount = Math.floor(amount/1000);//kill the "milliseconds" so just secs
days=Math.floor(amount/86400);//days
amount=amount%86400;
hours=Math.floor(amount/3600);//hours
amount=amount%3600;
mins=Math.floor(amount/60);//minutes
amount=amount%60;
secs=Math.floor(amount);//seconds
//if(days != 0){out += days +" day"+((days!=1)?"s":"")+", ";}
//if(days == 0) {
if(days != 0 || hours != 0){out += ((hours<10)?"0":"") + hours +":";}
if(days != 0 || hours != 0 || mins != 0){out += ((mins<10)?"0":"") + mins +":";}
out += ((secs<10)?"0":"") + secs;
$(selector).html(out);
//}
// run it all again
setTimeout(function() {
$.countdown(selector, datevalue);
}, 1000);
}
};
The time from JS is on the right place but it doesn't countdown.
The answer is very simple: you do not decrease datevalue variable. So its the same for all iterations
Look at the example below it works fine
jQuery.countdown = function(selector, datevalue) {
var amount = datevalue;
// catch past dates
if(amount < 0){
$(selector).html("Done");
}
// date is in the future, calculate the diff
else{
datevalue--;
$(selector).html(datevalue);
setTimeout(function() {
$.countdown(selector, datevalue);
}, 1000);
}
};
$.countdown('.date', 10);
I have this code so far that redirects the user after 5 seconds to the correct URL:
<?php
$url = $_GET['url'];
header("refresh:5;url=$url");
include('ads.php');
?>
Please could you tell me how i could display a countdown timer saying Redirecting In.. with .. being the amount of seconds left. I am new to web development so all code will be helpful!
<script type="text/javascript">
(function () {
var timeLeft = 5,
cinterval;
var timeDec = function (){
timeLeft--;
document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML = timeLeft;
if(timeLeft === 0){
clearInterval(cinterval);
}
};
cinterval = setInterval(timeDec, 1000);
})();
</script>
Redirecting in <span id="countdown">5</span>.
You can try this.
As this is a common beginner question; I just wanted to highlight that for best practise setInterval should, and can usually be avoided by using setTimeout recursively within a function.
For example:
var timer = 5,
el = document.getElementById('countdown');
(function t_minus() {
'use strict';
el.innerHTML = timer--;
if (timer >= 0) {
setTimeout(function () {
t_minus();
}, 1000);
} else {
// do stuff, countdown has finished.
}
}());
Excellent code by Kyle. I have modified the timer with a pause and resume button.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var time_left = 50;
var cinterval;
var timestatus=1;
function time_dec(){
time_left--;
document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML = time_left;
if(time_left == 0){
clearInterval(cinterval);
}
}
function resumetime()
{
//time_left = 50;
clearInterval(cinterval);
cinterval = setInterval('time_dec()', 1000);
}
function defaultstart()
{
time_left = 50;
clearInterval(cinterval);
cinterval = setInterval('time_dec()', 1000);
}
function stopstarttime()
{
if(timestatus==1)
{
clearInterval(cinterval);
document.getElementById('stopbutton').value="Start";
timestatus=0;
}
else
{
clearInterval(cinterval);
cinterval = setInterval('time_dec()', 1000);
document.getElementById('stopbutton').value="Stop";
timestatus=1;
}
}
defaultstart();
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<body>
Redirecting In <span id="countdown">50</span>.
<INPUT TYPE="button" value="stop" id="stopbutton" onclick="stopstarttime()">
</body>
</HTML>
Here is my take on it, without variables outside of the function. Depends on jQuery.
function count_down_to_action(seconds, do_action, elem_selector)
{
seconds = typeof seconds !== 'undefined' ? seconds : 10;
$(elem_selector).text(seconds)
var interval_id = setInterval(function(){
if (seconds <= 0)
{
clearInterval(interval_id);
if (typeof do_action === 'function')
do_action();
}
else
$(elem_selector).text(--seconds);
},1000)
}
Here is an example using it http://jsfiddle.net/VJT9d/
Below is a really nice time ago plugin for jQuery, very similar to what they use here on SO. The problem for me is that it uses this to convert time.
<time class="timeago" datetime="2008-07-17T09:24:17Z">July 17, 2008</time>
That would be great except that I store time on my site in UTC timestamp and not as a formatted time, is there a way to convert something like this to use a timestamp? I know in PHP I could convert my timestamp to this format but it seems like overkill with converting a LOT of times on 1 page in PHP. I could be wrong, anyone else do this in jquery but from real timestamp?
Also I currently do this in PHP on a site to show "2 hours 4 minutes ago" but wou7ld it be better to use javascript for this instead of PHP?
/*
* timeago: a jQuery plugin, version: 0.8.1 (2010-01-04)
* #requires jQuery v1.2.3 or later
*
* Timeago is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically
* updating fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago" or "about 1 day ago").
*
* For usage and examples, visit:
* http://timeago.yarp.com/
* Copyright (c) 2008-2010, Ryan McGeary (ryanonjavascript -[at]- mcgeary [*dot*] org)
*/
(function($) {
$.timeago = function(timestamp) {
if (timestamp instanceof Date) return inWords(timestamp);
else if (typeof timestamp == "string") return inWords($.timeago.parse(timestamp));
else return inWords($.timeago.datetime(timestamp));
};
var $t = $.timeago;
$.extend($.timeago, {
settings: {
refreshMillis: 60000,
allowFuture: false,
strings: {
prefixAgo: null,
prefixFromNow: null,
suffixAgo: "ago",
suffixFromNow: "from now",
ago: null, // DEPRECATED, use suffixAgo
fromNow: null, // DEPRECATED, use suffixFromNow
seconds: "less than a minute",
minute: "about a minute",
minutes: "%d minutes",
hour: "about an hour",
hours: "about %d hours",
day: "a day",
days: "%d days",
month: "about a month",
months: "%d months",
year: "about a year",
years: "%d years"
}
},
inWords: function(distanceMillis) {
var $l = this.settings.strings;
var prefix = $l.prefixAgo;
var suffix = $l.suffixAgo || $l.ago;
if (this.settings.allowFuture) {
if (distanceMillis < 0) {
prefix = $l.prefixFromNow;
suffix = $l.suffixFromNow || $l.fromNow;
}
distanceMillis = Math.abs(distanceMillis);
}
var seconds = distanceMillis / 1000;
var minutes = seconds / 60;
var hours = minutes / 60;
var days = hours / 24;
var years = days / 365;
var words = seconds < 45 && substitute($l.seconds, Math.round(seconds)) ||
seconds < 90 && substitute($l.minute, 1) ||
minutes < 45 && substitute($l.minutes, Math.round(minutes)) ||
minutes < 90 && substitute($l.hour, 1) ||
hours < 24 && substitute($l.hours, Math.round(hours)) ||
hours < 48 && substitute($l.day, 1) ||
days < 30 && substitute($l.days, Math.floor(days)) ||
days < 60 && substitute($l.month, 1) ||
days < 365 && substitute($l.months, Math.floor(days / 30)) ||
years < 2 && substitute($l.year, 1) ||
substitute($l.years, Math.floor(years));
return $.trim([prefix, words, suffix].join(" "));
},
parse: function(iso8601) {
var s = $.trim(iso8601);
s = s.replace(/-/,"/").replace(/-/,"/");
s = s.replace(/T/," ").replace(/Z/," UTC");
s = s.replace(/([\+-]\d\d)\:?(\d\d)/," $1$2"); // -04:00 -> -0400
return new Date(s);
},
datetime: function(elem) {
// jQuery's `is()` doesn't play well with HTML5 in IE
var isTime = $(elem).get(0).tagName.toLowerCase() == 'time'; // $(elem).is('time');
var iso8601 = isTime ? $(elem).attr('datetime') : $(elem).attr('title');
return $t.parse(iso8601);
}
});
$.fn.timeago = function() {
var self = this;
self.each(refresh);
var $s = $t.settings;
if ($s.refreshMillis > 0) {
setInterval(function() { self.each(refresh); }, $s.refreshMillis);
}
return self;
};
function refresh() {
var data = prepareData(this);
if (!isNaN(data.datetime)) {
$(this).text(inWords(data.datetime));
}
return this;
}
function prepareData(element) {
element = $(element);
if (element.data("timeago") === undefined) {
element.data("timeago", { datetime: $t.datetime(element) });
var text = $.trim(element.text());
if (text.length > 0) element.attr("title", text);
}
return element.data("timeago");
}
function inWords(date) {
return $t.inWords(distance(date));
}
function distance(date) {
return (new Date().getTime() - date.getTime());
}
function substitute(stringOrFunction, value) {
var string = $.isFunction(stringOrFunction) ? stringOrFunction(value) : stringOrFunction;
return string.replace(/%d/i, value);
}
// fix for IE6 suckage
document.createElement('abbr');
document.createElement('time');
})(jQuery);
I had the same problem. I'm using Unix timestamps which are generated from PHP, so I decided to do a quick hack and extend the parsing function of jQuery timeago to handle timestamps additionally. Works like a charm. Simply look for the Parse function at around line 79 in the jquery.timeago.js file, and replace with the following:
parse: function(iso8601) {
if ((iso8601 - 0) == iso8601 && iso8601.length > 0) { // Checks if iso8601 is a unix timestamp
var s = new Date(iso8601);
if (isNaN(s.getTime())) { // Checks if iso8601 is formatted in milliseconds
var s = new Date(iso8601 * 1000); //if not, add milliseconds
}
return s;
}
var s = $.trim(iso8601);
s = s.replace(/-/,"/").replace(/-/,"/");
s = s.replace(/T/," ").replace(/Z/," UTC");
s = s.replace(/([\+-]\d\d)\:?(\d\d)/," $1$2"); // -04:00 -> -0400
return new Date(s);
},
Here is something in JavaScript using nothing but Unix timestamps.
var d1;
var d2;
d1 = (new Date()).getTime(); setTimeout( function() { d2 = (new Date()).getTime(); }, 5000 );
var secondsElapsed = (d2 - d1) / 1000;
secondsElapsed; // 5 seconds
Now, you can either store a timestamp in a JavaScript variable in the same scope as your "timeago" function, or your can store it in an HTML element. As mentioned, the time element is an HTML 5 element. You could do something like:
<p class="timestamp" style="display: none;">123456</p>
Then maybe you have a comment item like:
<div class="comment">
<p>Lorem ipsum et dolor...</p>
<p class="timestamp" style="display: none;">123456</p>
</div>
You could then get the timestamp for a comment by (assuming jQuery since you mentioned it):
var tstamps = $('.comment .timestamp'); // array of comment timestamps
var timeago = ( (new Date()).getTime() - tstamps[0].html() ) / 1000;
It's a bit hackish, but it would work (if I did it right).
I like to use DateJS.com which is a date / time javascript library. You can do cool stuff like this (display 2 hours ago in a <span id='myfield'></span>):
$('#myfield').text( (2).hours().ago().toString("HH:mm") );
It would be better using both, but it is not necessary to make it dynamic with JS.
In fact, I've only seen this behaviour in Facebook.
Also, are you well aware that the <time> tag is HTML5? It may create a few uncompatibilities.