timeAgo

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TimeAgo

TimeAgo

Summary

Function: string TimeAgo( integer tm );

Returns a string that will give you the difference in time.

• integer

tm

–

Unix Time used for difference

See also: llGetUnixTime

Examples

<lsl> //Created by Ugleh Ulrik

string TimeAgo(integer time) {

   // time difference in seconds
   integer now = llGetUnixTime();
   integer timeDifference = now - time;

   // small bug fix for when timeDifference is 0
   if (timeDifference == 0)
       return "just now";

   list periods = ["second",
       "minute",
       "hour",
       "day",
       "week",
       "month",
       "year",
       "decade"];

   //the number equivalent to periods
   list lenghts = [1,
       60,
       3600,
       86400,
       604800,
       2630880,
       31570560,
       315705600];

   integer v = llGetListLength(lenghts) - 1;
   integer no;

   while((0 <= v) && (no = timeDifference/llList2Integer(lenghts, v) <= 1))
       --v;

   string output = llList2String(periods, v);

   //this will get the correct time in periods, then divide the timeDifference
   integer ntime = timeDifference / llList2Integer(lenghts, llListFindList(periods, [output]));

   //if integer 'no' is not equal to 1 then it should have an s at the end
   if(no != 1)
       output += "s";

   //This produces the finished output
   output = (string)ntime + " "+ output + " ago";
   return output;

}

default {

   touch_start(integer total_number)
   {
       integer now = llGetUnixTime();
       integer time = now - 180;

       // integer time is the current unix time minus 180 seconds (3 minutes)
       // the outcome will be "3 minutes ago"

       llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL,  TimeAgo(time));
   }

}

</lsl>