TimeAgoInWords

/**
		 * Handles converting the time to a nicename like "2 hours ago"
		 * @param datetime
		 * @param display_recent
		 * @param format
		 * @param recent_threshold
		 * @param backwards
		 */
		static public function timeAgoInWords(date:String="1970-01-22",time:String="00:00:00",timezone:Number = -8 , format:String = "mm/dd/yy", backwards:Boolean = false, recent_threshold:Number = 60):String{
 
			/**
			 * Take special care to notice that month (4) is zero-based, meaning that January is 0, and December is 11. 
			 * Hour, the 4th parameter, starts with 0 as midnight, and ends with 23 as 11pm. The constructor is in the format 
			 * new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds).
			*/
			//Parse the date
			trace("========= DATE ========== ");
			trace("        "+ date);
			var dateArray:Array = date.split("-",3);
			var dYear:Number = Number(dateArray[0]);
			var dMonth:Number = Number(dateArray[1])-1;
			var dDay:Number = Number(dateArray[2]);
			//
			trace(" year: " + dateArray[0]);
			trace(" month: " + dateArray[1]);
			trace(" day: " + dateArray[2]);
 
			var timeArray:Array = time.split(":");
			var dMin:Number = Number(timeArray[1]);
			var dHour:Number = Number(timeArray[0]);
			var meridian:String;
			if(dHour > 23){
				meridian = "PM";
				dHour = 12;
			}else{
				 meridian = "AM";
			}
			//dHour %= 24;
			var dSec:Number = Number(timeArray[2]);
			trace(" min: " + dMin);
			trace(" hour: " + dHour);
			trace(" sec: " + dSec);
 
			var datetime:Date = new Date();
			trace(" timezone: " + timezone);
			//datetime = DateUtility.ChangeTimezone(datetime, timezone);
			datetime.setUTCFullYear(dYear,dMonth,dDay);
			datetime.setUTCHours(dHour,dMin,dSec,0);
 
			//var datetime:Date = new Date(dMonth+"/"+dDay+"/"+dYear+" "+time + " "+meridian);
			trace("  "+datetime+"  ");
			trace("========================= ");
			var in_seconds:Number = datetime.getTime()/1000; //Get the Date in seconds
			var now:Date = new Date();
			var diff:Number;
			var months:Number;
			var weeks:Number;
			var days:Number;
			var hours:Number;
			var minutes:Number;
			var seconds:Number;
 
			//var secondsSince:Number =  Math.floor(now.time); //The number of seconds since midnight January 1, 1970, universal time, for a Date object.
			//trace(" Seconds since January 1, 1970 -> " + secondsSince);
			var secondsSince:Number = now.getTime()/1000; //Get the Date in seconds
			if (backwards) {
				diff = in_seconds - secondsSince;
			} else {
				diff = secondsSince - in_seconds;
			}
 
			var dif:Number = diff;
			months = Math.floor(dif / 2419200);
			dif -= months * 2419200;
			weeks = Math.floor(dif / 604800);
			dif -= weeks * 604800;
			days = Math.floor(dif / 86400);
			dif -= days * 86400;
			hours = Math.floor(dif / 3600);
			dif -= hours * 3600;
			minutes = Math.floor(dif / 60);
			dif -= minutes * 60;
			seconds = dif;
 
			var old:Boolean;
			if (months > 0) {
				// over a month old, just show date (mm/dd/yyyy format)
				//trace("format: " + format);
				var relative_date:String = 'on ' + formatTo(datetime,format);
				trace("=== FORMAT -> " + formatTo(datetime,format));
				old = true;
			} else {
				relative_date = '';
				old = false;
 
				if (weeks > 0) {
					// weeks and days
					relative_date += (relative_date ? ', ' : '') + weeks + ' week' + (weeks > 1 ? 's' : '');
					relative_date += days > 0 ? (relative_date ? ', ' : '') + days + ' day' + (days > 1 ? 's' : '') : '';
				} else if(days > 0) {
					// days and hours
					relative_date += (relative_date ? ', ' : '') + days + ' day' + (days > 1 ? 's' : '');
					relative_date += hours > 0 ? (relative_date ? ', ' : '') + hours + ' hour' + (hours > 1 ? 's' : '') : '';
				} else if(hours > 0) {
					// hours and minutes
					relative_date += (relative_date ? ', ' : '') + hours + ' hour' + (hours > 1 ? 's' : '');
					relative_date += minutes > 0 ? (relative_date ? ', ' : '') + minutes + ' minute' + (minutes > 1 ? 's' : '') : '';
				} else if(minutes > 0) {
					// minutes only
					relative_date += (relative_date ? ', ' : '') + minutes + ' minute' + (minutes > 1 ? 's' : '');
				} else {
					// seconds only
					relative_date += (relative_date ? ', ' : '') + Math.round(seconds) + ' second' + (seconds != 1 ? 's' : '');
				}
			}
 
			var ret:String = relative_date;
 
			// show relative date and add proper verbiage
			if (!backwards && !old) {
				ret += ' ago';
			}
			/*if(display_recent) {
				if(dif<=recent_threshold) {
					ret = '<span class="recent">'+ret+'</span>';
				}
			}*/
 
			return ret;
			//return formatTo(datetime,format) + " " +time;
		}