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+# Copyright (c) Django Software Foundation and individual contributors.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+#    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+#       this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#    
+#    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+#    3. Neither the name of Django nor the names of its contributors may be used
+#       to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+#       specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
+# ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+# LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+# ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import datetime
+import pytz
+
+from mediagoblin.tools.translate import pass_to_ugettext, lazy_pass_to_ungettext as _
+
+"""UTC time zone as a tzinfo instance."""
+utc = pytz.utc if pytz else UTC()
+
+def is_aware(value):
+    """
+    Determines if a given datetime.datetime is aware.
+
+    The logic is described in Python's docs:
+    http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#datetime.tzinfo
+    """
+    return value.tzinfo is not None and value.tzinfo.utcoffset(value) is not None
+
+def timesince(d, now=None, reversed=False):
+    """
+    Takes two datetime objects and returns the time between d and now
+    as a nicely formatted string, e.g. "10 minutes".  If d occurs after now,
+    then "0 minutes" is returned.
+
+    Units used are years, months, weeks, days, hours, and minutes.
+    Seconds and microseconds are ignored.  Up to two adjacent units will be
+    displayed.  For example, "2 weeks, 3 days" and "1 year, 3 months" are
+    possible outputs, but "2 weeks, 3 hours" and "1 year, 5 days" are not.
+
+    Adapted from http://blog.natbat.co.uk/archive/2003/Jun/14/time_since
+    """
+    chunks = (
+      (60 * 60 * 24 * 365, lambda n: _('year', 'years', n)),
+      (60 * 60 * 24 * 30, lambda n: _('month', 'months', n)),
+      (60 * 60 * 24 * 7, lambda n : _('week', 'weeks', n)),
+      (60 * 60 * 24, lambda n : _('day', 'days', n)),
+      (60 * 60, lambda n: _('hour', 'hours', n)),
+      (60, lambda n: _('minute', 'minutes', n))
+    )
+    # Convert datetime.date to datetime.datetime for comparison.
+    if not isinstance(d, datetime.datetime):
+        d = datetime.datetime(d.year, d.month, d.day)
+    if now and not isinstance(now, datetime.datetime):
+        now = datetime.datetime(now.year, now.month, now.day)
+
+    if not now:
+        now = datetime.datetime.now(utc if is_aware(d) else None)
+
+    delta = (d - now) if reversed else (now - d)
+    # ignore microseconds
+    since = delta.days * 24 * 60 * 60 + delta.seconds
+    if since <= 0:
+        # d is in the future compared to now, stop processing.
+        return '0 ' + pass_to_ugettext('minutes')
+    for i, (seconds, name) in enumerate(chunks):
+        count = since // seconds
+        if count != 0:
+            break
+    s = pass_to_ugettext('%(number)d %(type)s') % {'number': count, 'type': name(count)}
+    if i + 1 < len(chunks):
+        # Now get the second item
+        seconds2, name2 = chunks[i + 1]
+        count2 = (since - (seconds * count)) // seconds2
+        if count2 != 0:
+            s += pass_to_ugettext(', %(number)d %(type)s') % {'number': count2, 'type': name2(count2)}
+    return s