wireRelativeTimeStr() function

Given a unix timestamp (or date string), returns a formatted string indicating the time relative to now

Examples: “1 day ago”, “30 seconds ago”, “just now”, etc.

This is the procedural version of $datetime->relativeTimeStr().

Based upon: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php#89415

Usage

// basic usage
$string = wireRelativeTimeStr($ts);

// usage with all arguments
$string = wireRelativeTimeStr($ts, $abbreviate = false, bool $useTense = true);

Arguments

Name Type(s) Description

Name	Type(s)	Description
`ts`	int, string	Unix timestamp or date string
`abbreviate` (optional)	bool, int, array	Whether to use abbreviations for shorter strings. Specify boolean TRUE for abbreviations (abbreviated where common, not always different from non-abbreviated) Specify integer 1 for extra short abbreviations (all terms abbreviated into shortest possible string) Specify boolean FALSE or omit for no abbreviations. Specify associative array of key=value pairs of terms to use for abbreviations. The possible keys are: just now, ago, from now, never, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, decade, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades
`useTense` (optional)	bool	Whether to append a tense like “ago” or “from now”, May be ok to disable in situations where all times are assumed in future or past. In abbreviate=1 (shortest) mode, this removes the leading "+" or "-" from the string.

ts

int, string

Unix timestamp or date string

abbreviate (optional)

bool, int, array

Whether to use abbreviations for shorter strings.

Specify boolean TRUE for abbreviations (abbreviated where common, not always different from non-abbreviated)
Specify integer 1 for extra short abbreviations (all terms abbreviated into shortest possible string)
Specify boolean FALSE or omit for no abbreviations.
Specify associative array of key=value pairs of terms to use for abbreviations. The possible keys are: just now, ago, from now, never, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, decade, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades

useTense (optional)

bool

Whether to append a tense like “ago” or “from now”, May be ok to disable in situations where all times are assumed in future or past. In abbreviate=1 (shortest) mode, this removes the leading "+" or "-" from the string.

Return value

string

wireRelativeTimeStr() function

Given a unix timestamp (or date string), returns a formatted string indicating the time relative to now

Usage

Arguments

Return value

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