Use leap years trick in distance_of_time_in_words only for distances between real date points

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
index 5b662a8e9c..ffb1afa089 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
@@ -95,18 +95,22 @@ module ActionView
             when 43200..86399    then locale.t :about_x_months, :count => 1
             when 86400..525599   then locale.t :x_months,       :count => (distance_in_minutes.to_f / 43200.0).round
             else
-              fyear = from_time.year
-              fyear += 1 if from_time.month >= 3
-              tyear = to_time.year
-              tyear -= 1 if to_time.month < 3
-              leap_years = (fyear > tyear) ? 0 : (fyear..tyear).count{|x| Date.leap?(x)}
-              minute_offset_for_leap_year = leap_years * 1440
-              # Discount the leap year days when calculating year distance.
-              # e.g. if there are 20 leap year days between 2 dates having the same day
-              # and month then the based on 365 days calculation
-              # the distance in years will come out to over 80 years when in written
-              # english it would read better as about 80 years.
-              minutes_with_offset         = distance_in_minutes - minute_offset_for_leap_year
+              if from_time.acts_like?(:time) && to_time.acts_like?(:time)
+                fyear = from_time.year
+                fyear += 1 if from_time.month >= 3
+                tyear = to_time.year
+                tyear -= 1 if to_time.month < 3
+                leap_years = (fyear > tyear) ? 0 : (fyear..tyear).count{|x| Date.leap?(x)}
+                minute_offset_for_leap_year = leap_years * 1440
+                # Discount the leap year days when calculating year distance.
+                # e.g. if there are 20 leap year days between 2 dates having the same day
+                # and month then the based on 365 days calculation
+                # the distance in years will come out to over 80 years when in written
+                # english it would read better as about 80 years.
+                minutes_with_offset = distance_in_minutes - minute_offset_for_leap_year
+              else
+                minutes_with_offset = distance_in_minutes
+              end
               remainder                   = (minutes_with_offset % 525600)
               distance_in_years           = (minutes_with_offset / 525600)
               if remainder < 131400