Title: editing human_time_diff()
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# editing human_time_diff()

 *  Resolved [Gillbergh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gillbergh/)
 * (@gillbergh)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-human_time_diff/)
 * So I want to edit the human_time_diff() function so that when it is between 1-
   15 minutes it says “a few minutes ago” and when it is 30-59 minutes it says “
   a half hour ago”.
 * I can’t figure it out myself, has anyone done this on their site? let me know
   thank you

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 *  [nickohrn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickohrn/)
 * (@nickohrn)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-human_time_diff/#post-4717838)
 * Unfortunately `human_time_diff` doesn’t have a filter that you can hook into 
   to provide what you’re looking for. The best thing you can probably do is copy
   the function code itself into a new function and use that instead:
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       function custom_human_time_diff( $from, $to = '' ) {
       	if ( empty( $to ) )
       		$to = time();
   
       	$diff = (int) abs( $to - $from );
   
       	if ( $diff < 15 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS ) {
       		$since = __( 'a few minutes ago' );
       	}  elseif ( $diff < HOUR_IN_SECONDS ) {
       		$since = __( 'a half hour ago' );
       	} elseif ( $diff < DAY_IN_SECONDS && $diff >= HOUR_IN_SECONDS ) {
       		$hours = round( $diff / HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
       		if ( $hours <= 1 )
       			$hours = 1;
       		$since = sprintf( _n( '%s hour', '%s hours', $hours ), $hours );
       	} elseif ( $diff < WEEK_IN_SECONDS && $diff >= DAY_IN_SECONDS ) {
       		$days = round( $diff / DAY_IN_SECONDS );
       		if ( $days <= 1 )
       			$days = 1;
       		$since = sprintf( _n( '%s day', '%s days', $days ), $days );
       	} elseif ( $diff < 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS && $diff >= WEEK_IN_SECONDS ) {
       		$weeks = round( $diff / WEEK_IN_SECONDS );
       		if ( $weeks <= 1 )
       			$weeks = 1;
       		$since = sprintf( _n( '%s week', '%s weeks', $weeks ), $weeks );
       	} elseif ( $diff < YEAR_IN_SECONDS && $diff >= 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS ) {
       		$months = round( $diff / ( 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS ) );
       		if ( $months <= 1 )
       			$months = 1;
       		$since = sprintf( _n( '%s month', '%s months', $months ), $months );
       	} elseif ( $diff >= YEAR_IN_SECONDS ) {
       		$years = round( $diff / YEAR_IN_SECONDS );
       		if ( $years <= 1 )
       			$years = 1;
       		$since = sprintf( _n( '%s year', '%s years', $years ), $years );
       	}
   
       	return $since;
       }
       ```
   
 * I’ve tried to meet your requirements with the above, but you might need to make
   modifications to cover the case of 16 – 29 minutes (which you didn’t explicitly
   mention in your original post).
 *  Thread Starter [Gillbergh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gillbergh/)
 * (@gillbergh)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-human_time_diff/#post-4717937)
 * thank you so much for your help!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-human_time_diff/#post-4717937)
 * Status: resolved

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