Setting up jquery timeago plugin

Question

I am trying to setup the jQuery timeago plugin with dates in the PHP format:

d/m/Y H:i:s

but to little success. Here is what I've done so far:

<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
    $("abbr.timeago").timeago();
});
});
</script>

<abbr class="timeago" title="30/01/2013 13:30:06">30/01/2013 13:30:06</abbr>

I've included a fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/mc8ft/2/

More information about the timeago plugin can be found here: http://timeago.yarp.com/

There was a syntax error. I fixed it in this fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/mc8ft/3/ , but I don't see a different result, don't know what that plugin does :/ — davids, Feb 06 '13 at 08:13
@davids Thanks, I didn't realise. There's some info on the plugin here: http://timeago.yarp.com/ — methuselah, Feb 06 '13 at 08:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 08:16

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You have a syntax error in your script. remove last });.

<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
   $("abbr.timeago").timeago();
});
</script>

answered Feb 06 '13 at 08:16

Devang Rathod

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Thanks! But the plugin still doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? – methuselah Feb 06 '13 at 08:17
I m not sure but maybe you can also just use class $(".timeago").timeago(); – Devang Rathod Feb 06 '13 at 08:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '13 at 08:21

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First off, there was a syntax error (the last }); is not needed). Secondly, it seems that the plugin does not accept the date in the format you have it in your fiddle, it should be something like yyyy/mm/dd.

Working example http://jsfiddle.net/mc8ft/4/

answered Feb 06 '13 at 08:21

davids

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Ah.. but all the dates in my SQL table are currently in the format d/m/Y H:i:s. Any way I can work around this? :-( – methuselah Feb 06 '13 at 08:25
Either you modify the plugin or modify the format of the date (hint http://stackoverflow.com/a/8040832/978515) – davids Feb 06 '13 at 08:31

Setting up jquery timeago plugin

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