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  1. radelmann created this gist Oct 26, 2015.
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    var getTimeDiff = function(date) {
    //input: js date object
    //output: returns how long ago the input date occured in a user friendly format
    var now = new Date().getTime();
    var ms = (now - date.getTime());
    var days = Math.round(ms / 86400000); // days
    var hrs = Math.round((ms % 86400000) / 3600000); // hours
    var mins = Math.round(((ms % 86400000) % 3600000) / 60000); // minutes

    if (days > 0) {
    return days + ' days ago'
    } else if (hrs > 0) {
    return hours + ' hours ago'
    } else if (mins > 0) {
    return mins + ' mins ago'
    } else {
    return 'just now'
    }
    }