date_modify relative time

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I'd like to reopen this question:

The answer was a plugin called Nice Time

But This plugin is depricated and the creator stats that this functionality is acheivable via the date_modify filter.

Yes okay, but how?

I have a event archive where I want to show "This event happend xy days ago".

There is a time_diff filter in twig. But it seems as if this is not activated in craft.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:51:00Z

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You could use the diff method to get the number of days between two dates. So for example:

{{ date(entry.dateCreated|date('c')).diff(now).days }} days ago

In my example between today (using now) and the entry.dateCreated.

There is a explanation as to why you need to wrap the first date in the date filter here, which is where I got the answer from!

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answered Mar 14, 2016 at 13:16

Steve Holland

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How would I print seconds or hours? .seconds does nothing?
– KSPR
Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 14:07
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Instead of .days, use .format, and then use one of the format chars listed here. So for example to get months use .format('%m').
– Steve Holland
Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 14:18

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Patrick Harrington · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-14 12:45:56Z

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I have a plugin that adds the time_diff Twig filter to Craft:

There is one possible issue (in either PHP or Craft) around DST, and I will add that to the README.

answered Mar 14, 2016 at 12:45

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Unfortunately that ads a suffix "days ago" which is bad for a german Site :)
– KSPR
Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 14:08
Hi @KSPR - just added a new version that includes an array option with translated strings where possible, and you could then use the raw output to format the diff however you'd like. :)
– Patrick Harrington
Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 15:10
Nice :) I'll check it out.
– KSPR
Commented Mar 15, 2016 at 7:27

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