Nice Date filter

[digitalinferno]

Just another adventure in the Pico Plugin system.

This time a filter for display a timestamp in time ago format:

• just now
• 4 minute ago
• 6 days ago
• 2 months ago
• etc

The filter work like others twig filters: {{ meta.date|nice }}

<?php

class PicoNiceDate extends AbstractPicoPlugin
{
    const API_VERSION = 3;
    protected $enabled = true;
    protected $dependsOn = array();
     
    public function onTwigRegistered(Twig_Environment &$twig)
    {
        $twig->addFilter(new Twig_SimpleFilter('nice', function($timestamp) {
            return $this->convertDate($timestamp);
        }));
    }
    
    private function convertDate($timestamp)
    {
        if (strtotime($timestamp) !== false) {
            $originalDate = new DateTime($timestamp);
            $currentDate = new DateTime();
            $diff = $originalDate->diff($currentDate);
            return $this->humanize($diff);
        } else {
        return $timestamp;
        }
    }

    private function humanize(DateInterval $diff)
    {
    ...
    }
}

I just need to refine the 'humanize' function and it's ready.

[PhrozenByte]

There should be libraries out there dealing with stuff like this.

[digitalinferno]

Sure, but I prefer something customizable according to my needs. Otherwise, does everything seem okay to you?

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