[Pidgin] #998: "last seen" and "signed on" times

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#998: "last seen" and "signed on" times
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 Reporter:  mshancock     |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new           |   Priority:  minor      
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |    Version:  2.0        
 Keywords:                |    Pending:  0          
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 The "Last Seen" (for MSN) and "Signed On" times in the tooltips are really
 nice, except that they become useless when too large (e.g. "Last Seen: 230
 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes" -- an actual example from my contact list).

 It'd be really nice to have it report (e.g.):
  * number of minutes if < 60 (e.g. 5 minutes ago)
  * number of hours + minutes if today (e.g. 2 hours 33 minutes ago)
  * date in month day format (e.g. May 2) if in same year
  * date in yyyy/mm/dd format (e.g. 1867/07/01) if < current year

 Other formats would be fine (e.g. always report the time, not the
 difference between it and now), as long as they don't assume incredible
 math abilities to understand their meaning.

 Also, I expected "Last Seen" to mean the last time someone was logged in
 at the same time as me (so I could see them), but it seems to really mean
 "Last Conversation". Changing this label might help.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/998>
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