Determining time since
http://search.cpan.org/search?query=datetime+ago&mode=all
DateTime::Format::Human::Duration
print $dt->format_duration_between(
        $dta,
        $dtb, 
        'past'   => 'Your account expired %s ago.', 
        'future' => 'Your account expires in %s.', 
        'no_time'=> 'Your account just expired.',
    );

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DateTime::Format::Natural::Lang::EN
 6 in the morning
 4 in the afternoon
 9 in the evening
 25 seconds ago
 10 minutes ago
 7 hours ago
 40 days ago
 2 weeks ago
 5 months ago
 3 years ago
 tomorrow 25 seconds ago
 tomorrow 10 minutes ago
 tomorrow 7 hours ago
 tomorrow 40 day ago
 tomorrow 2 weeks ago
 tomorrow 5 months ago
 tomorrow 3 years ago
 yesterday 25 seconds ago
 yesterday 10 minutes ago
 yesterday 7 hours ago
 yesterday 40 days ago
 yesterday 2 weeks ago
 yesterday 5 months ago
 yesterday 3 years ago
 fri 3 months ago at 5am
 wednesday 1 month ago at 8pm
 8 hours before now
 8 hours from now
 7 days before now
 7 days from now
 4 weeks before now
 4 weeks from now
 13 months before now
 13 months from now
 2 years before now
 2 years from now
 tuesday 4 in the morning
 thursday 2 in the afternoon
 monday 6 in the evening
 last sunday at 21:45
 last week friday
 monday last week
 2nd day last week
 10th day last month
 tuesday next week
 3rd day next month
 10th month next year
 in 42 minutes
 in 3 hours
 in 5 days
 wednesday this week
 3rd tuesday this november
 3 hours before tomorrow
 6 hours before yesterday
 9 hours after tomorrow
 12 hours after yesterday
 3 hours before noon
 6 hours after noon
 9 hours before midnight
 12 hours after midnight
 yesterday at noon
 yesterday at midnight
 today at noon
 today at midnight
 tomorrow at noon
 tomorrow at midnight
 yesterday at 16:00
 today at 6:00
 tomorrow at 12
 wednesday at 14:30
 2nd friday in august
 tomorrow 1 year ago
 saturday 3 months ago at 5:00pm
 4th day last week
 3rd wednesday in november
 3rd month next year

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In reply to Re: Showing the time difference in a natural format? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Showing the time difference in a natural format? by skx

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