time.Since() with months and years

Question

I am trying to convert a timestamp like this:

2015-06-27T09:34:22+00:00

to a time since format so it would say like 9 months ago 1 day 2 ho

Answer 1

Something like this would work, probably not the most efficient but it is as accurate as you gonna get:

func main() {
    a := time.Date(2015, 10, 15, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
    b := time.Date(2016, 11, 15, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
    fmt.Println(monthYearDiff(a, b))
}

func monthYearDiff(a, b time.Time) (years, months int) {
    m := a.Month()
    for a.Before(b) {
        a = a.Add(time.Hour * 24)
        m2 := a.Month()
        if m2 != m {
            months++
        }
        m = m2
    }
    years = months / 12
    months = months % 12
    return
}

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