Adapt relative date logic from F# version

src/MyPrayerJournal/Handlers.fs

@@ -526,45 +526,45 @@ let routes = [
     GET_HEAD [ route "/" Home.home ]
     subRoute "/components/" [
         GET_HEAD [
-            route  "journal-items"        Components.journalItems
+            route  "journal-items"        Components.journalItems // done
             routef "request/%s/add-notes" Components.addNotes
             routef "request/%s/item"      Components.requestItem
             routef "request/%s/notes"     Components.notes
             routef "request/%s/snooze"    Components.snooze
         ]
     ]
-    GET_HEAD [ route "/docs"    Home.docs ]
+    GET_HEAD [ route "/docs"    Home.docs ] // done
-    GET_HEAD [ route "/journal" Journal.journal ]
+    GET_HEAD [ route "/journal" Journal.journal ] // done
     subRoute "/legal/" [
         GET_HEAD [
-            route "privacy-policy"   Legal.privacyPolicy
+            route "privacy-policy"   Legal.privacyPolicy // done
-            route "terms-of-service" Legal.termsOfService
+            route "terms-of-service" Legal.termsOfService // done
         ]
     ]
     subRoute "/request" [
         GET_HEAD [
-            routef "/%s/edit"   Request.edit
+            routef "/%s/edit"   Request.edit // done
-            routef "/%s/full"   Request.getFull
+            routef "/%s/full"   Request.getFull // done
-            route  "s/active"   Request.active
+            route  "s/active"   Request.active // done
-            route  "s/answered" Request.answered
+            route  "s/answered" Request.answered // done
             route  "s/snoozed"  Request.snoozed
         ]
         PATCH [
-            route  ""                  Request.update
+            route  ""                  Request.update // done
             routef "/%s/cancel-snooze" Request.cancelSnooze
-            routef "/%s/prayed"        Request.prayed
+            routef "/%s/prayed"        Request.prayed // done
             routef "/%s/show"          Request.show
             routef "/%s/snooze"        Request.snooze
         ]
         POST [
-            route  ""         Request.add
+            route  ""         Request.add // done
             routef "/%s/note" Request.addNote
         ]
     ]
     subRoute "/user/" [
         GET_HEAD [
-            route "log-off" User.logOff
+            route "log-off" User.logOff // done
-            route "log-on"  User.logOn
+            route "log-on"  User.logOn // done
         ]
     ]
 ]

src/lib/Request.php

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace MyPrayerJournal;
 
-use DateTimeImmutable;
 use BitBadger\PDODocument\{Custom, DocumentException, DocumentList, Find, Mapper\DocumentMapper};
 use Exception;
 use JsonSerializable;

src/lib/UI.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use BitBadger\PDODocument\DocumentException;
 use BitBadger\PDODocument\DocumentList;
 use DateTimeImmutable;
 use DateTimeZone;
+use Exception;
 
 /**
  * User interface building blocks
@@ -103,33 +104,69 @@ class UI
         foreach ($attrs as $key => $value) echo " $key=\"" . htmlspecialchars($value) . "\""; ?>><?=$text?></a><?php
     }
 
-    // Thanks, William Entriken!  https://stackoverflow.com/a/42446994/276707
-    /** @var array Periods for the relative date/time display */
-    private static array $periods = [
-        [           60,           1, '%s seconds ago', 'a second ago'],
-        [       60*100,          60, '%s minutes ago', 'one minute ago'],
-        [      3600*70,        3600, '%s hours ago',   'an hour ago'],
-        [   3600*24*10,     3600*24, '%s days ago',    'yesterday'],
-        [   3600*24*30,   3600*24*7, '%s weeks ago',   'a week ago'],
-        [3600*24*30*30,  3600*24*30, '%s months ago',  'last month'],
-        [          INF, 3600*24*265, '%s years ago',   'last year']
-    ];
-
     /**
-     * @throws \Exception
+     * @throws Exception
      */
     public static function relativeDate(string $date): void
     {
         $parsed = new DateTimeImmutable($date);
-        $diff   = time() - $parsed->getTimestamp();
+        $inZone = $parsed->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($_SERVER['HTTP_X_TIME_ZONE'] ?? 'Etc/UTC'));
-        foreach (self::$periods as $period) {
+        echo '<span title="' . date_format($inZone, 'l, F j, Y \a\t g:ia T') . '">'
-            if ($diff > $period[0]) continue;
+            . self::formatDistance('now', $parsed) . '</span>';
-            $diff = floor($diff / $period[1]);
+    }
-            $value = $diff > 1 ? sprintf($period[2], $diff) : $period[3];
+
-            $inZone = $parsed->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($_SERVER['HTTP_X_TIME_ZONE'] ?? 'Etc/UTC'));
+    //  Many thanks to date-fns (https://date-fns.org) for this logic
-            echo '<span title="' . date_format($inZone, 'l, F j, Y \a\t g:ia T') . '">' . $value . '</span>';
+    /**
-            break;
+     * Format the distance between two dates
-        }
+     *
+     * @param string|DateTimeImmutable $from The starting date/time
+     * @param string|DateTimeImmutable $to The ending date/time
+     * @return string The distance between two dates
+     * @throws Exception If date/time objects cannot be created
+     */
+    public static function formatDistance(string|DateTimeImmutable $from, string|DateTimeImmutable $to): string
+    {
+        $aDay        =  1_440.0;
+        $almost2Days =  2_520.0;
+        $aMonth      = 43_200.0;
+        $twoMonths   = 86_400.0;
+
+        $dtFrom  = is_string($from) ? new DateTimeImmutable($from) : $from;
+        $dtTo    = is_string($to)   ? new DateTimeImmutable($to)   : $to;
+        $minutes = abs($dtFrom->getTimestamp() - $dtTo->getTimestamp()) / 60;
+        $months  = round($minutes / $aMonth);
+        $years   = round($months / 12);
+
+        $typeAndNumber = match (true) {
+            $minutes < 1.0          => [FormatDistanceToken::LessThanXMinutes, 1],
+            $minutes < 45.0         => [FormatDistanceToken::XMinutes,         round($minutes)],
+            $minutes < 90.0         => [FormatDistanceToken::AboutXHours,      1],
+            $minutes < $aDay        => [FormatDistanceToken::AboutXHours,      round($minutes / 60)],
+            $minutes < $almost2Days => [FormatDistanceToken::XDays,            1],
+            $minutes < $aMonth      => [FormatDistanceToken::XDays,            round($minutes / $aDay)],
+            $minutes < $twoMonths   => [FormatDistanceToken::AboutXMonths,     round($minutes / $aMonth)],
+            $months      < 12       => [FormatDistanceToken::XMonths,          round($minutes / $aMonth)],
+            $months % 12 < 3        => [FormatDistanceToken::AboutXYears,      $years],
+            $months % 12 < 9        => [FormatDistanceToken::OverXYears,       $years],
+            default                 => [FormatDistanceToken::AlmostXYears,     $years]
+        };
+        $format = match ($typeAndNumber[0]) {
+            FormatDistanceToken::LessThanXMinutes => ['less than a minute', 'less than %d minutes'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::XMinutes         => ['a minute',           '%d minutes'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::AboutXHours      => ['about an hour',      'about %d hours'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::XHours           => ['an hour',            '%d hours'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::XDays            => ['a day',              '%d days'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::AboutXWeeks      => ['about a week',       'about %d weeks'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::XWeeks           => ['a week',             '%d weeks'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::AboutXMonths     => ['about a month',      'about %d months'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::XMonths          => ['a month',            '%d months'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::AboutXYears      => ['about a year',       'about %d years'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::XYears           => ['a year',             '%d years'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::OverXYears       => ['over a year',        'over %d years'],
+            FormatDistanceToken::AlmostXYears     => ['almost a year',      'almost %d years']
+        };
+        $value = $typeAndNumber[1] == 1 ? $format[0] : sprintf($format[1], $typeAndNumber[1]);
+        return $dtFrom > $dtTo ? "$value ago" : "in $value";
     }
 
     public static function requestList(DocumentList $reqs): void
@@ -171,3 +208,20 @@ class UI
         </div><?php
     }
 }
+
+enum FormatDistanceToken
+{
+    case LessThanXMinutes;
+    case XMinutes;
+    case AboutXHours;
+    case XHours;
+    case XDays;
+    case AboutXWeeks;
+    case XWeeks;
+    case AboutXMonths;
+    case XMonths;
+    case AboutXYears;
+    case XYears;
+    case OverXYears;
+    case AlmostXYears;
+}

src/public/request/full.php

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Layout::pageHead('Full Request');?>
         <div class=card-body>
             <h6 class="card-subtitle text-muted mb-2"><?php
                 if (!is_null($answered)) { ?>
-                    Answered <?=$answered->format('F j, Y')?> (<?php UI::relativeDate($req->history[0]->asOf); ?>)
+                    Answered <?=$answered->format('F j, Y')?>
-                    &bull;<?php
+                    (<?=UI::formatDistance('now', $req->history[0]->asOf);?>) &bull;<?php
                 } ?>
                 Prayed <?=number_format($prayed)?> times &bull; Open <?=number_format($daysOpen)?> days
             </h6>