This bundle does one simple job: takes dates and gives you friendly "2 hours ago"-type messages. Woh!

Last edited {{ post.updatedAt|ago }}
<-- Last edited 1 week ago -->

The date formatted can be translated into any language, and many are supported out of the box.

composer require knplabs/knp-time-bundle

Register the bundle:

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php
public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = array(
        // ...
        new Knp\Bundle\TimeBundle\KnpTimeBundle(),
    );
    // ...
}

Enable the translation component if you haven't already done it:

# app/config/config.yml
framework:
    # ...
    translator:      { fallback: '%locale%' } # uncomment this line if you see this line commented

In PHP!

<?php
// Use the helper with Php
echo $view['time']->diff($dateTime); // returns something like "3 minutes ago"

In Twig!

{{ someDateTimeVariable|ago }}
... or use the equivalent function
{{ time_diff(someDateTimeVariable) }}

If you want to run tests, please check that you have installed dev dependencies.

./vendor/bin/phpunit

Anyone can contribute to this repository (and it's warmly welcomed!). The following people maintain and can merge into this library:

• @akovalyov
• @weaverryan
• @NicolasNSSM