[Gammix]

ReturnTimelapse
Returns a string. String contains the time elapsed between the start and till timestamps.

pawn Code:

stock ReturnTimelapse(start, till)
{
    new seconds = till - start;
    
    const MINUTE = 60;
    const HOUR = 60 * MINUTE;
    const DAY = 24 * HOUR;
    const MONTH = 30 * DAY;

    new time[32];
    if (seconds == 1)
        format(time, sizeof (time), "A seconds ago");
    if (seconds < (1 * MINUTE))
        format(time, sizeof (time), "%i seconds ago", seconds);
    else if (seconds < (2 * MINUTE))
        format(time, sizeof (time), "A minute ago");
    else if (seconds < (45 * MINUTE))
        format(time, sizeof (time), "%i minutes ago", (seconds / MINUTE));
    else if (seconds < (90 * MINUTE))
        format(time, sizeof (time), "An hour ago");
    else if (seconds < (24 * HOUR))
        format(time, sizeof (time), "%i hours ago", (seconds / HOUR));
    else if (seconds < (48 * HOUR))
        format(time, sizeof (time), "Yesterday");
    else if (seconds < (30 * DAY))
        format(time, sizeof (time), "%i days ago", (seconds / DAY));
    else if (seconds < (12 * MONTH))
    {
        new months = floatround(seconds / DAY / 30);
        if (months <= 1)
            format(time, sizeof (time), "One month ago");
        else
            format(time, sizeof (time), "%i months ago", months);
    }
    else
    {
        new years = floatround(seconds / DAY / 365);
        if (years <= 1)
            format(time, sizeof (time), "One year ago");
        else
            format(time, sizeof (time), "%i years ago", years);
    }
    return time;
}

Example:

pawn Code:

print(ReturnTimelapse(gettime(), gettime() + 60)); // Result: "A minute ago"

pawn Code:

print(ReturnTimelapse(gettime(), gettime() + 15)); // Result: "15 seconds ago"

pawn Code:

print(ReturnTimelapse(gettime(), gettime() + 3600)); // Result: "An hour ago"