Module:TimeAgo
-- Replacement for [[Template:Time ago]]
 local numberSpell = require('Module:NumberSpell')._main
 local yesno = require('Module:Yesno')
 
 local p = {}
 
 -- Table to convert entered text values to numeric values.
 timeText = {
 	['seconds'] = 1,
 	['minutes'] = 60,
 	['hours'] = 3600,
 	['days'] = 86400,
 	['weeks'] = 604800,
 	['months'] = 2678400,
 	['years'] = 31557600
 }
 
 -- Table containing tables of possible units to use in output.
 timeUnits = {
 	[1] = { 'நொடி', 'நொடிகள்', &quot;நொடி'கள்&quot;, &quot;நொடிகள்'&quot; },
 	[60] = { 'நிமிடம்', 'நிமிடங்கள்', &quot;நிமிடங்கள்'&quot;, &quot;நிமிடங்கள்'&quot; },
 	[3600] = { 'மணித்தியாலம்', 'மணித்தியாலங்கள்', &quot;மணித்தியாலங்கள்&quot;, &quot;மணித்தியாலங்கள்'&quot; },
 	[86400] = { 'நாள்', 'நாட்கள்', &quot;நாட்கள்&quot;, &quot;நாட்கள்'&quot; },
 	[604800] = { 'வாரம்', 'வாரங்கள்', &quot;வாரங்கள்&quot;, &quot;வாரங்கள்'&quot; },
 	[2678400] = { 'மாதம்', 'மாதங்கள்', &quot;மாதங்கள்&quot;, &quot;மாதங்கள்'&quot; },
 	[31557600] = { 'ஆண்டு', 'ஆண்டுகள்', &quot;ஆண்டுகள்&quot;, &quot;ஆண்டுகள்'&quot; }
 }
 
 function p._main( args )
 	-- Initialize variables
 	local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
 	local auto_magnitude_num
 	local min_magnitude_num
 	local result
 	local result_unit
 	local magnitude = args.magnitude
 	local min_magnitude = args.min_magnitude
 	local purge = args.purge
 	local spell_out = args.spellout
 	local spell_out_max = args.spelloutmax
 	
 	-- Add a purge link if something (usually &quot;yes&quot;) is entered into the purge parameter
 	if purge then
 		purge = ' &lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;([' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle():fullUrl('action=purge') .. ' purge])&lt;/span&gt;'
 	else
 		purge = ''
 	end
 
 	-- Check that the entered timestamp is valid. If it isn't, then give an error message.
 	local noError, inputTime = pcall( lang.formatDate, lang, 'U', args[1], true )
 	if not noError then
 		return '&lt;strong class=&quot;error&quot;&gt;Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time.&lt;/strong&gt;'
 	end
 
 	-- Store the difference between the current time and the inputted time, as well as its absolute value.
 	local timeDiff = lang:formatDate( 'U', nil, true ) - inputTime
 	local absTimeDiff = math.abs( timeDiff )
 
 	if magnitude then
 		auto_magnitude_num = 0
 		min_magnitude_num = timeText[magnitude]
 	else
 		-- Calculate the appropriate unit of time if it was not specified as an argument.
 		local autoMagnitudeData = {
 			{ denom = 63115200, amn = 31557600 },
 			{ denom = 5356800, amn = 2678400 },
 			{ denom = 172800, amn = 86400 },
 			{ denom = 7200, amn = 3600 },
 			{ denom = 120, amn = 60 }
 		}
 		for i, t in ipairs( autoMagnitudeData ) do
 			if absTimeDiff / t.denom &gt;= 1 then
 				auto_magnitude_num = t.amn
 				break
 			end
 		end
 		auto_magnitude_num = auto_magnitude_num or 1
 		if min_magnitude then
 			min_magnitude_num = timeText[min_magnitude]
 		else
 			min_magnitude_num = -1
 		end
 	end
 
 	if not min_magnitude_num then
 		-- Default to seconds if an invalid magnitude is entered.
 		min_magnitude_num = 1
 	end
 
 	local magnitude_num = math.max( min_magnitude_num, auto_magnitude_num )
 	local result_num = math.floor ( absTimeDiff / magnitude_num )
 
 	local punctuation_key, suffix
 	if timeDiff &gt;= 0 then -- Past
 		if result_num == 1 then
 			punctuation_key = 1
 		else
 			punctuation_key = 2
 		end
 		if args.ago == '' then
 			suffix = ''
 		else
 			suffix = ' ' .. (args.ago or 'முன்னர்')
 		end
 	else -- Future
 		if args.ago == '' then
 			suffix = ''
 			if result_num == 1 then
 				punctuation_key = 1
 			else
 				punctuation_key = 2
 			end
 		else
 			suffix = ' time'
 			if result_num == 1 then
 				punctuation_key = 3
 			else
 				punctuation_key = 4
 			end
 		end
 	end
 	result_unit = timeUnits[ magnitude_num ][ punctuation_key ]
 
 	-- Convert numerals to words if appropriate.
 	spell_out_max = tonumber( spell_out_max ) -- Would cause script errors if not a number.
 	local result_num_text
 	if ( spell_out == 'auto' and 1 &lt;= result_num and result_num &lt;= 9 and result_num &lt;= ( spell_out_max or 9 ) )
 		or ( yesno( spell_out ) and 1 &lt;= result_num and result_num &lt;= 100 and result_num &lt;= ( spell_out_max or 100 ) )
 	then
 		result_num_text = numberSpell( result_num )
 	else
 		result_num_text = tostring( result_num )
 	end
 
 	result = result_num_text .. ' ' .. result_unit .. suffix -- Spaces for suffix have been added in earlier.
 	return result .. purge
 end
 
 function p.main( frame )
 	local args = require( 'Module:Arguments' ).getArgs( frame, {
 		valueFunc = function( k, v )
 			if v then
 				v = v:match( '^%s*(.-)%s*$' ) -- Trim whitespace.
 				if k == 'ago' or v ~= '' then
 					return v
 				end
 			end
 			return nil
 		end,
 		wrappers = 'Template:Time ago'
 	})
 	return p._main( args )
 end