TTimeDelta for showing how long ago something was posted (eg 10 seconds, 39 minutes, 6 hours, etc)

[belisoful]

this is an interactive interface control for displaying how long ago something was done/posted/submitted/etc.

Many websites now have the "10 minutes ago" that updates in real time for how long ago something was posted.

PRADO needs a component for displaying how long ago something was done. I propose that clicking on the "xx minutes/hours ago" would change to the date and time of the event.

This is developed here:
https://github.com/belisoful/prado/blob/master/framework/Web/UI/WebControls/TTimeAgo.php

There is a javascript aspect to this component so Prado JS map is updated.

The major challenge is I18N of this component as the interface is driven by javascript rather than server side.

[belisoful]

I'm thinking about how this should work. I have a prototype for comment here:

https://github.com/belisoful/prado/blob/master/framework/Web/UI/WebControls/TTimeAgo.php

I'm thinking of removing the "ago" part and just focus on the timing, both count down to a time, and how long ago a time was.

I'm also waiting on fixing my computer code so php ICU-units works. I'm just focusing on these other changes first.

[belisoful]

The environment I was in before didn't have the PHP resources built in for I18N. when I have a moment, I'll re-look at this again.

[belisoful]

Maybe php 8 (and the OS) has these I8N resources on my dev system now

[ctrlaltca]

You can use php's DateInterval to calculate the "time delta" and format it.
Then you can get localized data from ICU (php's intl extension).
A nice web interface to see what's available can be found here: https://intl.rmcreative.ru/unit-data/en
Prado\I18N\core\CultureInfo is already able to fetch data from ICU, but maybe you'll need to add support for the ICUDATA-unit table

[belisoful]

I was trying to access the ICU Data but in the prior php system it was not found. It just wasn't there. So. It was delayed.

[belisoful]

imagining: `"2023-05-31 13:11:11+800" web component? and having the TTimeAgo for the template?

Prado doesn't have any architecture for WebComponents. #963