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+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2022, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Util;
+
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Temporal utility test class
+ */
+class TemporalTest extends TestCase
+{
+	/**
+	 * Checks for getRelativeDate()
+	 */
+	public function testGetRelativeDate()
+	{
+		// "never" would should be returned
+		self::assertEquals(
+			Temporal::getRelativeDate(''),
+			DI::l10n()->t('never')
+		);
+
+		// Format current date/time into "MySQL" format
+		$now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+		self::assertEquals(
+			Temporal::getRelativeDate($now),
+			DI::l10n()->t('less than a second ago')
+		);
+
+		// Format current date/time - 1 minute into "MySQL" format
+		$minuteAgo = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', time() - 60);
+		$format = DI::l10n()->t('%1$d %2$s ago');
+		self::assertEquals(
+			Temporal::getRelativeDate($minuteAgo),
+			sprintf($format, 1, DI::l10n()->t('minute'))
+		);
+	}
+}