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# Else, include the year (mmm dd, yyyy)
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return dt.strftime("%b %d, %Y")
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def format_datetime_for_paragraph(datetime_or_seconds):
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"""Generate a compact representation of a datetime for use in a paragraph.
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Given a datetime or number of seconds elapsed since the epoch, generates
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a compact string representing the date and time in human-readable form.
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Unlike make_date_nice_short, the time will always be included.
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Also unlike make_date_nice_short, it is suitable for use in the middle of
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a block of prose and properly handles timestamps in the future nicely.
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dt = get_datetime(datetime_or_seconds)
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now = datetime.datetime.now()
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# If the date is earlier than now, we want to either say something like
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# '5 days ago' or '25 seconds ago', 'yesterday at 08:54' or
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# 'on 2009-03-26 at 20:09'.
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# If the time is within one hour of now, we show it nicely in either
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if abs(delta).days == 0 and abs(delta).seconds <= 1:
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if abs(delta).days == 0 and abs(delta).seconds < 60*60:
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if abs(delta) == delta:
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# Show the number of minutes unless we are within two minutes.
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if abs(delta).seconds >= 120:
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return (prefix + '%d minutes' + suffix) % (abs(delta).seconds / 60)
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return (prefix + '%d seconds' + suffix) % (abs(delta).seconds)
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if dt.date() == now.date():
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return dt.strftime('today at %I:%M %p')
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elif dt.date() == now.date() - datetime.timedelta(days=1):
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return dt.strftime('yesterday at %I:%M %p')
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if dt.date() == now.date():
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return dt.strftime('today at %I:%M %p')
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elif dt.date() == now.date() + datetime.timedelta(days=1):
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return dt.strftime('tomorrow at %I:%M %p')
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return dt.strftime('on %Y-%m-%d at %I:%M %p')