PHP - Human Timestamp

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Here is a human timestamp tha will show your post date in a better ways. Eg. 1 minute ago, 1 hour ago, 2 hours ago, etc.


// human timestamp
function nicetime($date){
if(empty($date)) {
return "No date provided";
}

$periods         = array("second", "minute", "hour", "day", "week", "month", "year", "decade");
$lengths         = array("60","60","24","7","4.35","12","10");

$now             = time();
$unix_date         = strtotime($date);

  // check validity of date
if(empty($unix_date)) {    
return "Bad date";
}

// is it future date or past date
if($now > $unix_date) {    
$difference     = $now - $unix_date;
$tense         = "ago";

} else {
$difference     = $unix_date - $now;
$tense         = "from now";
}

for($j = 0; $difference >= $lengths[$j] && $j < count($lengths)-1; $j++) {
$difference /= $lengths[$j];
}

$difference = round($difference);

if($difference != 1) {
$periods[$j].= "s";
}

return "$difference $periods[$j] {$tense}";
}

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