timesince
See also
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
1
and2
, for the number of components shown. For example2
will show 2 minutes, 10 seconds ago where1
will 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