Proposition to add a humanized date diff template filter

[Batiste Bieler]

Hi,

I have been using this filter on some projects. I believe that it's a common need when developing web apps with social feeds. Here is an example implementation:

​http://github.com/batiste/date-diff/blob/master/date_diff.py

Originally it was a Django snippets from here : ​http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/1409/ and ​http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/1347/

I haven't quite make my mind yet around the idea of doing that using javascript like here:

​http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-pretty-date/

The javascript implementation would have the advantage of exposing a formated date for micro formats.

[Batiste Bieler]

Javascript would also the advantage of easing the cache of the content without compromising the accuracy of the fuzzy diff.

[Batiste Bieler]

Here is a quite good javascript implementation:

​http://timeago.yarp.com/

​http://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago

[Jannis Leidel]

I don't know, but how does the Python implementation differ to the ​timesince filter (source:django/trunk/django/utils/timesince.py)?

[Batiste Bieler]

I wasn't aware of the timesince filter. Those 2 filters a definitely very similar. I thought I was filling a gap by providing this new filter but it's not the case.

Do we have some tests for timesince? Maybe I could propose a patch to improve this filter output?

[Russell Keith-Magee]

As jezdez notes: we have timesince, and it's already got internationalized output. Tests are in regressiontests/templates/filters and regressiontests/utils/timesince.

If you want to add a specific feature to the timesince filter, open a new ticket requesting that specific feature.

As for a javascript implementation; I'm not convinced that's a good idea, or if it is, that it's a good idea for Django (which aims to remain client-side neutral).

[Batiste Bieler]

I renamed the filter in fuzzy_date because it describe it in a more appropriate way. And now it also handle future dates:

​http://github.com/batiste/date-diff

I believe the use case is a little more different than with the timeslice. Timeslice provide a quite precise time difference. And it doesn't work for a date in the future (although it should be easy to add).

I am not gonna argue more about this feature if nobody else need something like that.

Cheers,
Batiste