NAME
    DateTimeX::Format::Ago - I should have written this module "3 years ago"

SYNOPSIS
      my $then = DateTime->now->subtract(days => 3);
      say DateTimeX::Format::Ago->format_datetime($then); # "3 days ago"

DESCRIPTION
    Ever wished DateTime::Format::Natural had a "format_datetime" method?
    This module provides human-friendly datetime formatting, outputting
    strings like "3 days ago".

    Primary use case: websites that show a list of a person's recent
    activities.

  Constructor
    "new(language => $lang)"
        Creates a formatter object for the given language (a BCP47 language
        code). If the language is omitted, extracts it from $ENV{LANG}.

        Decent English ('en'), German ('de') and French ('fr') support is
        provided. Portuguese ('pt') and Castillian Spanish ('es') are also
        provided, but some of the strings were translated with Google
        Translate, so they might not be perfect.

  Methods
    "format_datetime($dt)"
        Returns something like "3 days ago", "just now" or "hace un año".

    "parse_datetime($string)"
        Croaks. Don't use this.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
  High resolution datetimes
    Imagine the time is currently 2020-01-01T12:00:00.200. If you try to
    format the time 2020-01-01T12:00:00.100 you'll get back the result "in
    the future". So what's going on? DateTimeX::Format::Ago figures out when
    "now" is using "DateTime->now", which rounds back to the nearest whole
    second.

    If you know you're going to be dealing with high resolution datetimes,
    and don't want to occasionally see "in the future" for times in the very
    recent past, then use Time::HiRes.

     use Time::HiRes qw();

    That's all you need to do. Merely loading it will give
    DateTimeX::Format::Ago an indication that you want it to use a more
    accurate idea of "now".

  Translations
    This module only supports a handful of languages. I'm seeking
    translations. Feel free to attach patches for other languages as bug
    reports.

  Reporting Bugs
    Please report any bugs to
    <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=DateTimeX-Format-Ago>.

SEE ALSO
    DateTime, DateTime::Format::Natural.

    <http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt>.

AUTHOR
    Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
    This software is copyright (c) 2011-2012 by Toby Inkster.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
    THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
    WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.