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UnPrettyDate
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| /* | |
| * JavaScript Un-PrettyDate | |
| * Copyright (c) 2014 Lucas Lemanowicz | |
| * Licensed under the MIT license. | |
| */ | |
| // Takes a PrettyDate string and turns it back into a Date object. | |
| function unPrettyDate(time) { | |
| timeCut = time.split(" "); | |
| // Assumes input is in the format of "X units ago" | |
| if (timeCut.length == 3 && timeCut[2] == "ago") { | |
| switch(timeCut[1].toLowerCase()) { | |
| default: | |
| case "second": | |
| case "seconds": | |
| multiplier = 1; | |
| break; | |
| case "minute": | |
| case "minutes": | |
| multiplier = 60; | |
| break; | |
| case "hour": | |
| case "hours": | |
| multiplier = 60 * 60; | |
| break; | |
| case "day": | |
| case "days": | |
| multiplier = 60 * 60 * 24; | |
| break; | |
| case "week": | |
| case "weeks": | |
| multiplier = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7; | |
| break; | |
| case "month": | |
| case "months": | |
| multiplier = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 30.5; | |
| break; | |
| } | |
| // Determine roughly how many seconds ago this was | |
| diffSeconds = parseInt(timeCut[0]) * multiplier; | |
| return new Date(new Date() - diffSeconds * 1000); | |
| } | |
| throw "Unsupported Pretty Date format"; | |
| } |
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