function niceTime

<?php

function niceTime( $time )
{
    $time = strtotime( str_replace( '+0000', '', $time ) );

    $delta = time() - $time;

    switch( $delta )
    {
        case ( $delta < 60 ):
            return 'less than a minute ago.';
        case( $delta < 120 ):
            return 'about a minute ago.';
        case( $delta < ( 45 * 60 ) ):
            return floor( $delta / 60 ) . ' minutes ago.';
        case( $delta < ( 90 * 60 ) ):
            return 'about an hour ago.';
        case( $delta < ( 24 * 60 * 60 ) ):
            return 'about ' . floor( $delta / 3600 ) . ' hours ago.';
        case( $delta < ( 48 * 60 * 60 ) ):
            return '1 day ago.';
        default:
            return floor( $delta / 86400 ) . ' days ago.';
    }
}

?>