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Is there a way to remove the trailing data from the django timesince filter?
I would like to only display days, weeks months or years without any trailing information. e.g weeks + days -> weeks, months + weeks -> months, years + months -> years, etc.
Additionally, if the date is less than one day, it should display the hours. e.g. 1 hour ago, 4 hours ago, etc.
Currently I have a datetime object and am using the filter like this:
{{ my_date_time|timesince}}
Answer1:
You can make your own template tag and use it to modify the output of timesince to be anything you like. Here's an example just to get you started:
def custom_timesince(value):
now = datetime.datetime.now()
# can add some error checking if you want
diff = now - value
if diff < timedelta(days=1):
return "recently" # or w/e you wanted with the hours
# remove trailing information from timesince
return timesince(value).split(", ")[0]
possibly helpful: docs on using such custom tags
