Using jquery-timeago with Evolution CMS Dates

A lightweight frontend enhancement for showing relative publication times such as “5 minutes ago” using Evolution CMS date output and the jquery-timeago plugin.

Relative time labels such as “1 minute ago” or “3 hours ago” make dynamic sections feel more alive. The donor post showed how to pair Evolution CMS date placeholders with the jquery-timeago plugin to get that effect with very little code.

The basic integration

<script src="jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.timeago.js"></script>
<script src="locales/jquery.timeago.ru.js"></script>

Then render a timestamp in a format the plugin can read:

<span class="time" title="[[*createdon:strtotime:date=`%c`]]">
    [[*createdon:strtotime:date=`%A, %d %B %Y`]]
</span>

Why this was useful

simple progressive enhancement for news or comment streams
easy localization through the plugin’s locale files
works with existing Evolution CMS date placeholders

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