'small'); $options['custom_date_format'] = array('default' => ''); return $options; } function options_form(&$form, &$form_state) { parent::options_form($form, $form_state); $time = time(); $form['date_format'] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('Date format'), '#options' => array( 'small' => format_date($time, 'small'), 'medium' => format_date($time, 'medium'), 'large' => format_date($time, 'large'), 'custom' => t('Custom'), 'raw time ago' => t('Time ago'), 'time ago' => t('Time ago (with "ago" appended)'), 'raw time span' => t('Time span (future dates start with - )'), 'time span' => t('Time span (with "ago/hence" appended)'), ), '#default_value' => isset($this->options['date_format']) ? $this->options['date_format'] : 'small', ); $form['custom_date_format'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Custom date format'), '#description' => t('If "Custom", see the PHP docs for date formats. If "Time ago" this is the the number of different units to display, which defaults to two.'), '#default_value' => isset($this->options['custom_date_format']) ? $this->options['custom_date_format'] : '', '#process' => array('views_process_dependency'), '#dependency' => array('edit-options-date-format' => array('custom', 'raw time ago', 'time ago', 'raw time span', 'time span')), ); } function render($values) { $value = $values->{$this->field_alias}; // value is currently a CCYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS format // change it to unix timestamp so rest works $value = strtotime($value); $format = $this->options['date_format']; if (in_array($format, array('custom', 'raw time ago', 'time ago', 'raw time span', 'time span'))) { $custom_format = $this->options['custom_date_format']; } if (!$value) { return theme('views_nodate'); } else { $time_diff = time() - $value; // will be positive for a datetime in the past (ago), and negative for a datetime in the future (hence) switch ($format) { case 'raw time ago': return format_interval($time_diff, is_numeric($custom_format) ? $custom_format : 2); case 'time ago': return t('%time ago', array('%time' => format_interval($time_diff, is_numeric($custom_format) ? $custom_format : 2))); case 'raw time span': return ($time_diff < 0 ? '-' : '') . format_interval(abs($time_diff), is_numeric($custom_format) ? $custom_format : 2); case 'time span': return t(($time_diff < 0 ? '%time hence' : '%time ago'), array('%time' => format_interval(abs($time_diff), is_numeric($custom_format) ? $custom_format : 2))); case 'custom': return format_date($value, $format, $custom_format); default: return format_date($value, $format); } } } }