+const char *show_date_relative(unsigned long time, int tz,
+ const struct timeval *now,
+ char *timebuf,
+ size_t timebuf_size)
+{
+ unsigned long diff;
+ if (now->tv_sec < time)
+ return "in the future";
+ diff = now->tv_sec - time;
+ if (diff < 90) {
+ snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu seconds ago", diff);
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+ /* Turn it into minutes */
+ diff = (diff + 30) / 60;
+ if (diff < 90) {
+ snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu minutes ago", diff);
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+ /* Turn it into hours */
+ diff = (diff + 30) / 60;
+ if (diff < 36) {
+ snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu hours ago", diff);
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+ /* We deal with number of days from here on */
+ diff = (diff + 12) / 24;
+ if (diff < 14) {
+ snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu days ago", diff);
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+ /* Say weeks for the past 10 weeks or so */
+ if (diff < 70) {
+ snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu weeks ago", (diff + 3) / 7);
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+ /* Say months for the past 12 months or so */
+ if (diff < 360) {
+ snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu months ago", (diff + 15) / 30);
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+ /* Give years and months for 5 years or so */
+ if (diff < 1825) {
+ unsigned long years = diff / 365;
+ unsigned long months = (diff % 365 + 15) / 30;
+ int n;
+ n = snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu year%s",
+ years, (years > 1 ? "s" : ""));
+ if (months)
+ snprintf(timebuf + n, timebuf_size - n,
+ ", %lu month%s ago",
+ months, (months > 1 ? "s" : ""));
+ else
+ snprintf(timebuf + n, timebuf_size - n, " ago");
+ return timebuf;
+ }
+ /* Otherwise, just years. Centuries is probably overkill. */
+ snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu years ago", (diff + 183) / 365);
+ return timebuf;
+}
+