Help with date code

[JohnnyDoomo]

I have this code in a javascript and I am trying to make a change to it.

 

function nicetime(a,out){
	var c = a.length > 1 ? a : new Date;
	var d = Math.floor(parseInt((c.getTime() - a) / 1e3),10);
		d = d < 0 ? d + -(c.getTimezoneOffset()*60) : d ;
		if(out == 0){
			var chunks = new Array();
				chunks[0] = [60 * 60 * 24 * 365 , 'year'];
				chunks[1] = [60 * 60 * 24 * 30 , 'month'];
				chunks[2] = [60 * 60 * 24 * 7, 'week'];
				chunks[3] = [60 * 60 * 24 , 'day'];
				chunks[4] = [60 * 60 , 'hr'];
				chunks[5] = [60 , 'min'];
				var i = 0;
				var j = chunks.length;
				for (i = 0; i < j; i++) {
					s = chunks[i][0];
					n = chunks[i][1];
					if ((xj = Math.floor(d / s)) != 0)
						break;
				}
				val = xj == 1 ? '1 '+n : xj+' '+n+'s';
				if (i + 1 < j) {
					s2 = chunks[i + 1][0];
					n2 = chunks[i + 1][1];
					if ( ((xj2 = Math.floor((d - (s * xj)) / s2)) != 0) )
						val += (xj2 == 1) ? ' + 1 '+n2 : ' + '+xj2+' '+n2+'s';
				}
				val += ' ago';
				return val;
		} else {
			return d;
		}
        }

 

I am not a coder, but I am trying to get it so that if it's going to display a date that has a year in it, instead of doing what it's currently doing (Showing a date of "-1 years + 12 months ago") is says something like "Now" or "5 Minutes ago".

 

For some reason the above code is showing the "-1 years + 12 months ago" on the latest additions using the script.

 

I am looking for a patch to simply replace it if it is going to display the year date, or if you see why the code is displaying the "-1 years + 12 months ago" in the first place on the most recent items the script is showing the date for, and can fix it that would be appreciated.

 

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[requinix]

I kiiinda rewrote it. Felt like it.

function nicetime(a, out) {
a = parseInt(a instanceof Date ? a.getTime() : a);
var now = new Date();
var d = Math.floor((now.getTime() - a) / 1000);

if (!out) {
	return d;
}

if (d 		return "Now";
}

var chunks = [
	[60*60*24*365, 'year', 'years'],
	[60*60*24*30, 'month', 'months'],
	[60*60*24*7, 'week', 'weeks'],
	[60*60*24, 'day', 'days'],
	[60*60, 'hr', 'hrs'],
	[60, 'min', 'mins'],
	[1, 'sec', 'secs']
];
var nice = [];
for (var i = 0; i 		if (d >= chunks[i][0]) {
		var count = Math.floor(d / chunks[i][0]);
		nice.push("" + count + " " + chunks[i][count == 1 ? 1 : 2]);
		d -= count * chunks[i][0];
	}
}

return nice.join(" ") + " ago";
}

I doubt that's exactly what you want but it should be close.

[JohnnyDoomo]

That completely breaks the format.

 

Instead of something like "3 hrs + 56 mins ago" I not get "6026".

[requinix]

I don't get 6026 either.

 

I didn't know what out was supposed to be so I just guessed at a boolean. Try

if (out != 0) {

 

Also I didn't put in the timezone stuff because I wasn't even sure you needed/should have it. Feel free to put it back.

 

And for the record, as an example

nicetime(new Date(2012, 0,  1, 0, 0, 0, 0), true)

[JohnnyDoomo]

Thank you, that fixed my problem.