time_ago_in_words should do what you are after.
http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#M000346
hth
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Adam Roth wrote:
> Does anyo know of an available helper that''ll convert dates into
"3
> days ago..." style strings?
>
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> Adam
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