Timefly

A simple library which makes it easier to get time related data, eg, age from Date of birth, elapsed time in beautiful format, etc.

gem install timefly

To initialize you can pass an instance of Time, Date or a String

require 'timefly'

Timefly.new(Time.new(1987, 8, 2))
#str_origin_time can be String or formats YYYY.MM.DD, YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY/MM/DD
Timefly.new(str_origin_time)

To get the elapsed time

Timefly.new(origin_time).elapsed_time
# => 4 hours ago

To get a custom format of the elapsed_time

Timefly.new(origin_time).elapsed_time(format: '%n%u')
# => 4h
# %n - numeric value of the difference
# %u - short form of the unit
# %U - full unit

To get the age from date of birth

# dob is the date of birth
Timefly.new(dob).age
# => 27

If you want to retrieve age in years and months then

Timefly.new(dob).age({ format: '%y years, %m months' })
# => 27 years, 10 months

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