Replace human_time_diff with wp_natural_time

Updated various instances where human_time_diff was used to calculate human-readable time differences to use the more flexible wp_natural_time function instead. This change simplifies the code and leverages the improved functionality of wp_natural_time for a more natural language output.

Author: Paul Bearne

src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ public function column_date( $post ) {
 
 			if ( $time && $time_diff > 0 && $time_diff < DAY_IN_SECONDS ) {
 				/* translators: %s: Human-readable time difference. */
-				$h_time = sprintf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( $time ) );
+				$h_time = wp_natural_time( $time );
 			} else {
 				$h_time = get_the_time( __( 'Y/m/d' ), $post );
 			}

src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php

@@ -701,8 +701,7 @@ public function display_rows() {
 				<div class="column-updated">
 					<strong><?php _e( 'Last Updated:' ); ?></strong>
 					<?php
-						/* translators: %s: Human-readable time difference. */
-						printf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( $last_updated_timestamp ) );
+						echo wp_natural_time( $last_updated_timestamp );
 					?>
 				</div>
 				<div class="column-downloaded">

src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-privacy-requests-table.php

@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ protected function get_timestamp_as_date( $timestamp ) {
 
 		if ( $time_diff >= 0 && $time_diff < DAY_IN_SECONDS ) {
 			/* translators: %s: Human-readable time difference. */
-			return sprintf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( $timestamp ) );
+			return wp_natural_time( $timestamp );
 		}
 
 		return date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ), $timestamp );

src/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php

@@ -663,8 +663,7 @@ function install_plugin_information() {
 			<?php } if ( ! empty( $api->last_updated ) ) { ?>
 				<li><strong><?php _e( 'Last Updated:' ); ?></strong>
 					<?php
-					/* translators: %s: Human-readable time difference. */
-					printf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( strtotime( $api->last_updated ) ) );
+					echo wp_natural_time( $api->last_updated );
 					?>
 				</li>
 			<?php } if ( ! empty( $api->requires ) ) { ?>

src/wp-admin/includes/revision.php

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function wp_prepare_revisions_for_js( $post, $selected_revision_id, $from = null
 			'date'       => date_i18n( __( 'M j, Y @ H:i' ), $modified ),
 			'dateShort'  => date_i18n( _x( 'j M @ H:i', 'revision date short format' ), $modified ),
 			/* translators: %s: Human-readable time difference. */
-			'timeAgo'    => sprintf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( $modified_gmt, $now_gmt ) ),
+			'timeAgo'    => wp_natural_time( $modified_gmt, $now_gmt ),
 			'autosave'   => $autosave,
 			'current'    => $current,
 			'restoreUrl' => $can_restore ? $restore_link : false,
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function wp_prepare_revisions_for_js( $post, $selected_revision_id, $from = null
 			'date'       => date_i18n( __( 'M j, Y @ H:i' ), strtotime( $post->post_modified ) ),
 			'dateShort'  => date_i18n( _x( 'j M @ H:i', 'revision date short format' ), strtotime( $post->post_modified ) ),
 			/* translators: %s: Human-readable time difference. */
-			'timeAgo'    => sprintf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( strtotime( $post->post_modified_gmt ), $now_gmt ) ),
+			'timeAgo'    => wp_natural_time( $post->post_modified_gmt, $now_gmt ),
 			'autosave'   => false,
 			'current'    => true,
 			'restoreUrl' => false,

src/wp-includes/blocks/comment-date.php

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function render_block_core_comment_date( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 	$wrapper_attributes = get_block_wrapper_attributes( array( 'class' => $classes ) );
 	if ( isset( $attributes['format'] ) && 'human-diff' === $attributes['format'] ) {
 		// translators: %s: human-readable time difference.
-		$formatted_date = sprintf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( get_comment_date( 'U', $comment ) ) );
+		$formatted_date = wp_natural_time( get_comment_date( 'U', $comment ) );
 	} else {
 		$formatted_date = get_comment_date( empty( $attributes['format'] ) ? '' : $attributes['format'], $comment );
 	}

src/wp-includes/blocks/post-date.php

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ function render_block_core_post_date( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 		$post_timestamp = get_post_timestamp( $post_ID );
 		if ( $post_timestamp > time() ) {
 			// translators: %s: human-readable time difference.
-			$formatted_date = sprintf( __( '%s from now' ), human_time_diff( $post_timestamp ) );
+			$formatted_date = wp_natural_time( $post_timestamp );
 		} else {
 			// translators: %s: human-readable time difference.
-			$formatted_date = sprintf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( $post_timestamp ) );
+			$formatted_date = wp_natural_time( $post_timestamp );
 		}
 	} else {
 		$formatted_date = get_the_date( empty( $attributes['format'] ) ? '' : $attributes['format'], $post_ID );
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function render_block_core_post_date( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 		if ( get_the_modified_date( 'Ymdhi', $post_ID ) > get_the_date( 'Ymdhi', $post_ID ) ) {
 			if ( isset( $attributes['format'] ) && 'human-diff' === $attributes['format'] ) {
 				// translators: %s: human-readable time difference.
-				$formatted_date = sprintf( __( '%s ago' ), human_time_diff( get_post_timestamp( $post_ID, 'modified' ) ) );
+				$formatted_date = wp_natural_time( get_post_timestamp( $post_ID, 'modified' ) );
 			} else {
 				$formatted_date = get_the_modified_date( empty( $attributes['format'] ) ? '' : $attributes['format'], $post_ID );
 			}