timesince
Show a readable version of a date/time difference.
Translates the difference between two dates into a simple readable string like “2 minutes, 10 seconds ago”.
Optionally takes an argument with the date to compare against, which is by default the current local date/time.
Example:
{{ my_date|timesince }}
When “my_date” is {{2008,12,10},{15,30,0}} and the current
date/time is {{2009,11,4},{13,50,0}} then this outputs “10 months,
24 days ago”. When the time value is in the future then it outputs
a string like “in X minutes”.
This function does not take daylight saving changes into account.
Extra arguments
The timesince filter can take several extra arguments, in the order of arguments:
- Base date to use. Useful to show the difference between two dates, defaults to
now - Text to use for the relative time designations, defaults to
"ago,now,in" - Format for the printout. Now two options
1and2, for the number of components shown. For example2will show 2 minutes, 10 seconds ago where1will show 2 minutes ago
Example
Show the time between creation and modification of a resource:
{{ id.created|timesince:id.modified:"":1 }}
This might display something like:
10 days