From 3fdc3b6f9f14439979c53a834e250f130c9ffd44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Westcott <matt@west.co.tt>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:45:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a human-readable date column type

---
 wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/tables/date_cell.html | 6 ++++++
 wagtail/admin/ui/tables.py                                 | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/tables/date_cell.html

diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/tables/date_cell.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/tables/date_cell.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a5ca94920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/tables/date_cell.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% load i18n wagtailadmin_tags %}
+<td {% if column.classname %}class="{{ column.classname }}"{% endif %}>
+    {% if value %}
+        <div class="human-readable-date" title="{{ value|date:"DATETIME_FORMAT" }}">{% blocktrans with time_period=value|timesince %}{{ time_period }} ago{% endblocktrans %}</div>
+    {% endif %}
+</td>
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/ui/tables.py b/wagtail/admin/ui/tables.py
index bc97f834f7..57c282def3 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/ui/tables.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/ui/tables.py
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ class StatusFlagColumn(Column):
         self.false_label = false_label
 
 
+class DateColumn(Column):
+    """Outputs a date in human-readable format"""
+    cell_template_name = "wagtailadmin/tables/date_cell.html"
+
+
 class Table(Component):
     template_name = "wagtailadmin/tables/table.html"
     classname = 'listing'