Module:DRNTimeAgo
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-- Replacement for [[Template:Time ago]] local numberSpell = require('Module:NumberSpell')._main local yesno = require('Module:Yesno') local p = {} function p._main( args ) -- Initialize variables local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage() local auto_magnitude_num local min_magnitude_num local result local result_unit local magnitude = args.magnitude local min_magnitude = args.min_magnitude local purge = args.purge local spell_out = args.spellout local spell_out_max = args.spelloutmax -- Add a purge link if something (usually "yes") is entered into the purge parameter if purge then purge = ' <span class="plainlinks">([' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle():fullUrl('action=purge') .. ' purge])</span>' else purge = '' end -- Check that the entered timestamp is valid. If it isn't, then give an error message. local noError, inputTime = pcall( lang.formatDate, lang, 'U', args[1], true ) if not noError then return '<strong class="error">Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time.</strong>' end -- Store the difference between the current time and the inputted time, as well as its absolute value. local timeDiff = lang:formatDate( 'U', nil, true ) - inputTime local absTimeDiff = math.abs( timeDiff ) -- Calculate the appropriate unit of time if it was not specified as an argument. local autoMagnitudeData = { { unit = 'days', amn = 86400 }, { unit = 'hours', amn = 3600 } } result = '' for i, t in ipairs( autoMagnitudeData ) do if absTimeDiff / t.amn >= 1 then local result_num = math.floor( absTimeDiff / t.amn ) if t.unit == 'hours' then result = result .. tostring(result_num) .. ' ' .. t.unit else result = result .. tostring(result_num) .. ' ' .. t.unit .. ', ' absTimeDiff = absTimeDiff - (t.amn * result_num) end end end if result == '' then local result_num = math.floor(absTimeDiff/60) result = tostring(result_num) .. ' minutes' end return result end function p.main( frame ) local args = require( 'Module:Arguments' ).getArgs( frame, { valueFunc = function( k, v ) if v then v = v:match( '^%s*(.-)%s*$' ) -- Trim whitespace. if k == 'ago' or v ~= '' then return v end end return nil end, wrappers = 'Template:DRNAgo' }) return p._main( args ) end return p