Module:DRNTimeAgo

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 = ' ([' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle:fullUrl('action=purge') .. ' purge]) ' 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 ' Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time. '	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