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tybro0103
tybro0103

Reputation: 49743

Rails distance_of_time_in_words with direction

Is there a Rails helper or ruby gem similar to distance_of_time_in_words that takes direction (future/past) into account?

This is how it works

distance_of_time_in_words_to_now 30.days.ago
# "about 1 month"
distance_of_time_in_words_to_now 30.days.from_now
# "about 1 month"

But I'd like to find something that works more like:

distance_of_time_in_words_to_now 30.days.ago
# "about 1 month ago"
distance_of_time_in_words_to_now 30.days.from_now
# "in about 1 month"

Upvotes: 3

Views: 439

Answers (1)

DiegoSalazar
DiegoSalazar

Reputation: 13531

According to the docs there isn't.

But, this is trivial enough that you can wrap it in a simple method:

def distance_of_time(time)
  if time > Time.now
    "in #{distance_of_time_in_words_to_now time}"
  else
    "#{distance_of_time_in_words_to_now time} ago"
  end
end

Upvotes: 6

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