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-rwxr-xr-xactionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb19
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
index 6b1fbf7268..214f9b29d9 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
@@ -13,14 +13,19 @@ module ActionView
module DateHelper
DEFAULT_PREFIX = "date" unless const_defined?("DEFAULT_PREFIX")
- # Reports the approximate distance in time between to Time objects. For example, if the distance is 47 minutes, it'll return
+ # Reports the approximate distance in time between to Time objects or integers.
+ # For example, if the distance is 47 minutes, it'll return
# "about 1 hour". See the source for the complete wording list.
- #Set <tt>include_seconds</tt> to true if you want more detailed approximations if distance < 1 minute
- def distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, to_time, include_seconds = false)
- from_time = from_time.to_time
- to_time = to_time.to_time
- distance_in_minutes = ((to_time - from_time) / 60).round.abs
- distance_in_seconds = ((to_time - from_time)).round.abs
+ #
+ # Integers are interpreted as seconds. So,
+ # <tt>distance_of_time_in_words(50)</tt> returns "less than a minute".
+ #
+ # Set <tt>include_seconds</tt> to true if you want more detailed approximations if distance < 1 minute
+ def distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, to_time = 0, include_seconds = false)
+ from_time = from_time.to_time if from_time.respond_to?(:to_time)
+ to_time = to_time.to_time if to_time.respond_to?(:to_time)
+ distance_in_minutes = (((to_time - from_time).abs)/60).round
+ distance_in_seconds = ((to_time - from_time).abs).round
case distance_in_minutes
when 0..1