TimeAgoWords

Return the difference between two times using words.

This is a limited port of the Rails ActionView DateHelper method distance_of_time_in_words. I did not need to worry about times greater than 12 months so I punted and made those times return "a long time". Feel free to drop a Pull Request if you want to add that.

This is my first attempt at a Hex package. Please let me know if you have suggestions to do something better.

Installation

The package can be installed as follows:

1. Add time_ago_words to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

   def deps do

    [{:time_ago_words, "~> 0.0.2"}]

   end

2. Ensure time_ago_words is started before your application:

   def application do

    [applications: [:time_ago_words]]

   end

Usage

post = Repo.get!(Post, id)
TimeAgoWords.diff(post.inserted_at)
# => "about 3 days"