Elapser

Gem that provides time between now and when something was created using the column created_at that is added when using timestamps macro in an Active Record migration

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'elapser'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install elapser

Add elapser to your gemfile

gem 'elapser', '~> 1.0.1'

Require elapser

require 'elapser'

3. Use it!!!

   Elapser.time_calc("2015-02-13 00:36:46 UTC")
   #=> 9 weeks ago 
   #Consider this example was posted 2015-04-13

Note: If you are using created_at from active record, make sure you call to_s, for example:

    Elapser.time_calc(todo.created_at.to_s)
   # todo is just the name of my model it could be anything

Example using ERB

    #@note is equal to all notes in my db (@note=Note.all)
    #@note is passed as an instance variable in our get route
    
    <% @note.reverse.each do |note| %>
      <ul>
        <li> Created by: <%= note.user.user_name if note.user != nil %></li>
        <li> <%= note.description %></li>
        <li>Posted <%= Elapser.time_calc(note.created_at.to_s)%></li>
      </ul>
     <%end%>

# DISPLAY ON THE BROWSER
* Created by: andres
* hello again
* Posted 8 weeks ago

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

I created this gem as an educational exercise to learn the process and inner workings for creating a gem. I also believe it could be useful to other fellow rubyst. I want to thank instructor Sherif Abushadi and peer Richard Santin who contributed and without them this project would have not existed.