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-rw-r--r--libempathy/empathy-time.c41
-rw-r--r--libempathy/empathy-time.h1
2 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libempathy/empathy-time.c b/libempathy/empathy-time.c
index 15b5c30a4..a482f4dc3 100644
--- a/libempathy/empathy-time.c
+++ b/libempathy/empathy-time.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n.h>
#include "empathy-time.h"
@@ -122,3 +123,43 @@ empathy_time_to_string_local (time_t t,
return g_strdup (stamp);
}
+gchar *
+empathy_time_to_string_relative (time_t then)
+{
+ time_t now;
+ gint seconds;
+
+ now = time (NULL);
+ seconds = now - then;
+
+ if (seconds > 0) {
+ if (seconds < 60) {
+ seconds /= 60;
+ return g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d second ago",
+ "%d seconds ago", seconds), seconds);
+ }
+ else if (seconds < (60 * 60)) {
+ seconds /= 60;
+ return g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d minute ago",
+ "%d minutes ago", seconds), seconds);
+ }
+ else if (seconds < (60 * 60 * 24)) {
+ seconds /= 60 * 60;
+ return g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d hour ago",
+ "%d hours ago", seconds), seconds);
+ }
+ else if (seconds < (60 * 60 * 24 * 7)) {
+ seconds /= 60 * 60 * 24;
+ return g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d day ago",
+ "%d days ago", seconds), seconds);
+ }
+ else {
+ seconds /= 60 * 60 * 24 * 30;
+ return g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d month ago",
+ "%d months ago", seconds), seconds);
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ return g_strdup ("in the future");
+ }
+}
diff --git a/libempathy/empathy-time.h b/libempathy/empathy-time.h
index a6737386c..2875d2f9f 100644
--- a/libempathy/empathy-time.h
+++ b/libempathy/empathy-time.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ gchar *empathy_time_to_string_utc (time_t t,
const gchar *format);
gchar *empathy_time_to_string_local (time_t t,
const gchar *format);
+gchar *empathy_time_to_string_relative (time_t t);
G_END_DECLS