import datetime from django import template from django.utils.translation import ugettext, ungettext register = template.Library() @register.filter(name='timesince_human') def humanize_timesince(date): delta = datetime.datetime.now() - date num_years = delta.days / 365 if (num_years > 0): return ungettext(u"%d year ago", u"%d years ago", num_years) % num_years num_weeks = delta.days / 7 if (num_weeks > 0): return ungettext(u"%d week ago", u"%d weeks ago", num_weeks) % num_weeks if (delta.days > 0): return ungettext(u"%d day ago", u"%d days ago", delta.days) % delta.days num_hours = delta.seconds / 3600 if (num_hours > 0): return ungettext(u"%d hour ago", u"%d hours ago", num_hours) % num_hours num_minutes = delta.seconds / 60 if (num_minutes > 0): return ungettext(u"%d minute ago", u"%d minutes ago", num_minutes) % num_minutes return ugettext(u"just a few seconds ago")