def extract_relative_time(relative_time_text):
"""
Extracts a relative time from string and converts to dt object
- e.g. 'streamed 6 days ago', '5 seconds ago (edited)', 'updated today'
+ e.g. 'streamed 6 days ago', '5 seconds ago (edited)', 'updated today', '8 yr ago'
"""
- mobj = re.search(r'(?P<start>today|yesterday|now)|(?P<time>\d+)\s*(?P<unit>microsecond|second|minute|hour|day|week|month|year)s?\s*ago', relative_time_text)
+
+ # XXX: this could be moved to a general function in utils.py
+ # The relative time text strings are roughly the same as what
+ # Javascript's Intl.RelativeTimeFormat function generates.
+ # See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/RelativeTimeFormat
+ mobj = re.search(
+ r'(?P<start>today|yesterday|now)|(?P<time>\d+)\s*(?P<unit>sec(?:ond)?|s|min(?:ute)?|h(?:our|r)?|d(?:ay)?|w(?:eek|k)?|mo(?:nth)?|y(?:ear|r)?)s?\s*ago',
+ relative_time_text)
if mobj:
start = mobj.group('start')
if start: