instance method
time_ago_in_words
Ruby on Rails 6.1.7.10
Since v2.2.3Signature
time_ago_in_words(from_time, options = {})Like distance_of_time_in_words, but where to_time is fixed to Time.now.
time_ago_in_words(3.minutes.from_now) # => 3 minutes time_ago_in_words(3.minutes.ago) # => 3 minutes time_ago_in_words(Time.now - 15.hours) # => about 15 hours time_ago_in_words(Time.now) # => less than a minute time_ago_in_words(Time.now, include_seconds: true) # => less than 5 seconds from_time = Time.now - 3.days - 14.minutes - 25.seconds time_ago_in_words(from_time) # => 3 days from_time = (3.days + 14.minutes + 25.seconds).ago time_ago_in_words(from_time) # => 3 days
Note that you cannot pass a Numeric value to time_ago_in_words.
Parameters
-
from_timereq -
optionsopt = {}
Source
# File actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb, line 176
def time_ago_in_words(from_time, options = {})
distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, Time.now, options)
end
Defined in actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb line 176
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