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Diffstat (limited to 'date.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | date.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -133,7 +133,25 @@ const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz, enum date_mode mode) snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu months ago", (diff + 15) / 30); return timebuf; } - /* Else fall back on absolute format.. */ + /* Give years and months for 5 years or so */ + if (diff < 1825) { + unsigned long years = (diff + 183) / 365; + unsigned long months = (diff % 365 + 15) / 30; + int n; + n = snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu year%s", + years, (years > 1 ? "s" : "")); + if (months) + snprintf(timebuf + n, sizeof(timebuf) - n, + ", %lu month%s ago", + months, (months > 1 ? "s" : "")); + else + snprintf(timebuf + n, sizeof(timebuf) - n, + " ago"); + return timebuf; + } + /* Otherwise, just years. Centuries is probably overkill. */ + snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu years ago", (diff + 183) / 365); + return timebuf; } if (mode == DATE_LOCAL) |