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| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb index dea2aa69dd..0403aac596 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb @@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ module ActionView # Like <tt>distance_of_time_in_words</tt>, but where <tt>to_time</tt> is fixed to <tt>Time.now</tt>. # + # The <tt>from_time</tt> argument must be of type <tt>Time</tt> rather than type <tt>Numeric</tt>. For example, + # to get the <tt>time_ago_in_words</tt> for 30 minutes you would use <tt>30.minutes.ago</tt> as the argument + # rather than just <tt>30.minutes</tt>. + # # time_ago_in_words(3.minutes.from_now) # => 3 minutes # time_ago_in_words(Time.now - 15.hours) # => about 15 hours # time_ago_in_words(Time.now) # => less than a minute @@ -146,6 +150,9 @@ module ActionView # # 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 def time_ago_in_words(from_time, include_seconds_or_options = {}) distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, Time.now, include_seconds_or_options) end |