String.prototype.parseUsername = function() {
return this.replace(/\B[@]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\b/, function(u) {
var username = u.replace("@", "")
return u.link("http://twitter.com/"+username);
});
};
String.prototype.parseURL = function() {
return this.replace(/[A-Za-z]+:\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&\?\/.=]+/, function(url) {
return url.link(url);
});
};
String.prototype.parseHashtag = function() {
return this.replace(/[#]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/, function(t) {
var tag = t.replace("#", "%23")
return t.link("http://search.twitter.com/search?q="+tag);
});
};
function relative_time(time_value) {
var values = time_value.split(" ");
time_value = values[1]+" "+values[2]+", "+values[5]+" "+values[3];
var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);
var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date();
var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime()-parsed_date) / 1000);
delta = delta+(relative_to.getTimezoneOffset() * 60);
if (delta < 60) {
return 'less than a minute ago';
} else if (delta < 120) {
return 'about a minute ago';
} else if (delta < (45 * 60)) {
return (parseInt(delta / 60)).toString()+' minutes ago';
} else if (delta < (90 * 60)) {
return 'about an hour ago';
} else if (delta < (24 * 60 * 60)) {
return 'about '+(parseInt(delta / 3600)).toString()+' hours ago';
} else if (delta < (48 * 60 * 60)) {
return '1 day ago';
} else {
return (parseInt(delta / 86400)).toString()+' days ago';
}
}