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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
//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));
}
}