Re: ls -l --time-style, configure recent interval

[Pádraig Brady]

On 23/12/2019 01:48, Mike Miller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to use the --time-style option of ls to make dates more friendly, such
> as the Python library humanize does.  This kind of library turns dates in the
> last week to something like "2 days ago..." etc.  I use this value which is a
> close approximation:
>
>       --time-style='+%Y-%m-%d %k:%M
>          %a %k:%M'
>
> This results in something similar to long-iso when distant and a much simpler
> version when the file is recent:
>
>       2019-06-05 14:36 file1
>              Wed 13:25 file2
>
> I'm happy enough with this format, but the problem is that the decision of what
> is recent appears to be hard-coded to be six months.  I'd like to be able to
> configure that to be one week instead.
>
> Turns out file2 above was modified in July, haha.  Any chance of getting an
> option to tune the "recent interval" parameter?

Often TIME_STYLE is configured in an env var,
so we'd probably have to have a separate var to
config that, which isn't ideal.

I wonder could we auto set the "recent" limit
based on the resolution of the format provided?
I.E. If you specify %a, use a week as the recent threshold?

cheers,
Pádraig