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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Module:Time_ago)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;-- Implement [[Template:Time ago]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local numberSpell, yesno  -- lazy load&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function numberSpell(arg)&lt;br /&gt;
	numberSpell = require('Module:NumberSpell')._main&lt;br /&gt;
	return numberSpell(arg)&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function yesno(arg)&lt;br /&gt;
	yesno = require('Module:Yesno')&lt;br /&gt;
	return yesno(arg)&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local p = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Table to convert entered text values to numeric values.&lt;br /&gt;
local timeText = {&lt;br /&gt;
	['seconds'] = 1,&lt;br /&gt;
	['minutes'] = 60,&lt;br /&gt;
	['hours'] = 3600,&lt;br /&gt;
	['days'] = 86400,&lt;br /&gt;
	['weeks'] = 604800,&lt;br /&gt;
	['months'] = 2629800,  -- 365.25 * 24 * 60 * 60 / 12&lt;br /&gt;
	['years'] = 31557600&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Table containing tables of possible units to use in output.&lt;br /&gt;
local timeUnits = {&lt;br /&gt;
	[1] = { 'second', 'seconds', &amp;quot;second's&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;seconds'&amp;quot; },&lt;br /&gt;
	[60] = { 'minute', 'minutes', &amp;quot;minutes'&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;minutes'&amp;quot; },&lt;br /&gt;
	[3600] = { 'hour', 'hours', &amp;quot;hour's&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;hours'&amp;quot; },&lt;br /&gt;
	[86400] = { 'day', 'days', &amp;quot;day's&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;days'&amp;quot; },&lt;br /&gt;
	[604800] = { 'week', 'weeks', &amp;quot;week's&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;weeks'&amp;quot;, unit = 'w' },&lt;br /&gt;
	[2629800] = { 'month', 'months', &amp;quot;month's&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;months'&amp;quot;, unit = 'm'  },&lt;br /&gt;
	[31557600] = { 'year', 'years', &amp;quot;year's&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;years'&amp;quot;, unit = 'y'  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p._main( args )&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Initialize variables&lt;br /&gt;
	local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()&lt;br /&gt;
	local auto_magnitude_num&lt;br /&gt;
	local min_magnitude_num&lt;br /&gt;
	local magnitude = args.magnitude&lt;br /&gt;
	local min_magnitude = args.min_magnitude&lt;br /&gt;
	local purge = args.purge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Add a purge link if something (usually &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot;) is entered into the purge parameter&lt;br /&gt;
	if purge then&lt;br /&gt;
		purge = ' &amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;plainlinks&amp;quot;&amp;gt;([' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle():fullUrl('action=purge') .. ' purge])&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;'&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		purge = ''&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Check that the entered timestamp is valid. If it isn't, then give an error message.&lt;br /&gt;
	local success, inputTime = pcall( lang.formatDate, lang, 'xnU', args[1] )&lt;br /&gt;
	if not success then&lt;br /&gt;
		return '&amp;lt;strong class=&amp;quot;error&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;'&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Store the difference between the current time and the inputted time, as well as its absolute value.&lt;br /&gt;
	local timeDiff = lang:formatDate( 'xnU' ) - inputTime&lt;br /&gt;
	local absTimeDiff = math.abs( timeDiff )&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if magnitude then&lt;br /&gt;
		auto_magnitude_num = 0&lt;br /&gt;
		min_magnitude_num = timeText[magnitude]&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Calculate the appropriate unit of time if it was not specified as an argument.&lt;br /&gt;
		local autoMagnitudeData = {&lt;br /&gt;
			{ factor = 2, amn = 31557600 },&lt;br /&gt;
			{ factor = 2, amn = 2629800 },&lt;br /&gt;
			{ factor = 2, amn = 86400 },&lt;br /&gt;
			{ factor = 2, amn = 3600 },&lt;br /&gt;
			{ factor = 2, amn = 60 }&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
		for _, t in ipairs( autoMagnitudeData ) do&lt;br /&gt;
			if absTimeDiff / t.amn &amp;gt;= t.factor then&lt;br /&gt;
				auto_magnitude_num = t.amn&lt;br /&gt;
				break&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		auto_magnitude_num = auto_magnitude_num or 1&lt;br /&gt;
		if min_magnitude then&lt;br /&gt;
			min_magnitude_num = timeText[min_magnitude]&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			min_magnitude_num = -1&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if not min_magnitude_num then&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Default to seconds if an invalid magnitude is entered.&lt;br /&gt;
		min_magnitude_num = 1&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local result_num&lt;br /&gt;
	local magnitude_num = math.max( min_magnitude_num, auto_magnitude_num )&lt;br /&gt;
	local unit = timeUnits[magnitude_num].unit&lt;br /&gt;
	if unit and absTimeDiff &amp;gt;= 864000 then&lt;br /&gt;
		local Date = require('Module:Date')._Date&lt;br /&gt;
		local input = lang:formatDate('Y-m-d H:i:s', args[1])  -- Date needs a clean date&lt;br /&gt;
		input = Date(input)&lt;br /&gt;
		if input then&lt;br /&gt;
			local id&lt;br /&gt;
			if input.hour == 0 and input.minute == 0 then&lt;br /&gt;
				id = 'currentdate'&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				id = 'currentdatetime'&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
			result_num = (Date(id) - input):age(unit)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	result_num = result_num or math.floor ( absTimeDiff / magnitude_num )&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local punctuation_key, suffix&lt;br /&gt;
	if timeDiff &amp;gt;= 0 then -- Past&lt;br /&gt;
		if result_num == 1 then&lt;br /&gt;
			punctuation_key = 1&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			punctuation_key = 2&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		if args.ago == '' then&lt;br /&gt;
			suffix = ''&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			suffix = ' ' .. (args.ago or 'ago')&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	else -- Future&lt;br /&gt;
		if args.ago == '' then&lt;br /&gt;
			suffix = ''&lt;br /&gt;
			if result_num == 1 then&lt;br /&gt;
				punctuation_key = 1&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				punctuation_key = 2&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			suffix = ' time'&lt;br /&gt;
			if result_num == 1 then&lt;br /&gt;
				punctuation_key = 3&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				punctuation_key = 4&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	local result_unit = timeUnits[ magnitude_num ][ punctuation_key ]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Convert numerals to words if appropriate.&lt;br /&gt;
	local spell_out = args.spellout&lt;br /&gt;
	local spell_out_max = tonumber(args.spelloutmax)&lt;br /&gt;
	local result_num_text&lt;br /&gt;
	if spell_out and (&lt;br /&gt;
		( spell_out == 'auto' and 1 &amp;lt;= result_num and result_num &amp;lt;= 9 and result_num &amp;lt;= ( spell_out_max or 9 ) ) or&lt;br /&gt;
		( yesno( spell_out ) and 1 &amp;lt;= result_num and result_num &amp;lt;= 100 and result_num &amp;lt;= ( spell_out_max or 100 ) )&lt;br /&gt;
		)&lt;br /&gt;
	then&lt;br /&gt;
		result_num_text = numberSpell( result_num )&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		result_num_text = tostring( result_num )&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	-- numeric or string&lt;br /&gt;
	local numeric_out = args.numeric&lt;br /&gt;
	local result = &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
	if numeric_out then&lt;br /&gt;
		result = tostring( result_num )&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		result = result_num_text .. ' ' .. result_unit .. suffix -- Spaces for suffix have been added in earlier.&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	return result .. purge&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.main( frame )&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = require( 'Module:Arguments' ).getArgs( frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
		valueFunc = function( k, v )&lt;br /&gt;
			if v then&lt;br /&gt;
				v = v:match( '^%s*(.-)%s*$' ) -- Trim whitespace.&lt;br /&gt;
				if k == 'ago' or v ~= '' then&lt;br /&gt;
					return v&lt;br /&gt;
				end&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
			return nil&lt;br /&gt;
		end,&lt;br /&gt;
		wrappers = 'Template:Time ago'&lt;br /&gt;
	})&lt;br /&gt;
	return p._main( args )&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
return p&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Domino</name></author>
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