How to use

First you must to include the JS files in the head of your HTML document.

    #HTML
    <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=ABQIAAAA1XbMiDxx_BTCY2_FkPh06RRaGTYH6UMl8mADNa0YKuWNNa8VNxQEerTAUcfkyrr6OwBovxn7TDAH5Q"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">google.load("mootools", "1.3");</script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="prettydate.js"></script>

You need to specify the source of the ISO8601-date.

   #HTML
   <ul>
   <li>@<a href="#">john</a> just happened here <span><br/><i>posted</i> <a class="pretty" href="#" title="2011-05-14 20:35:28">Sun May 14 20:35:28 +0000 2011</a></span></li>
   <li>@<a href="#">code</a> just happened here <span><br/><i>posted</i> <a class="pretty" href="#" title="2011-05-14 19:15:28">Sun May 14 19:15:28 +0000 2011</a></span></li>
   <li>@<a href="#">php</a> just happened here <span><br/><i>posted</i> <a class="pretty" href="#" title="2011-05-14 10:54:28">Sun May 14  10:54:28 +0000 2011</a></span></li>
   <li>@<a href="#">mootools</a> just happened here <span><br/><i>posted</i> <a class="pretty" href="#" title="2011-05-14 21:40:28">Sun May 14 21:40:28 +0000 2011</a></span></li>
   <li>@<a href="#">jquery</a> just happened here <span><br/><i>posted</i> <a class="pretty" href="#" title="2011-05-13 12:54:28">Sun May 14 12:54:28 +0000 2011</a></span></li>
   <li>@<a href="#">yui</a> just happened here <span><br/><i>posted</i> <a class="pretty" href="#" title="2011-05-12 14:54:28">Sun May 14 19:54:28 +0000 2011</a></span></li>
   </ul>

Then you can apply the method.

   #JS
   window.addEvent('domready', function() {
          new PrettyDate($$("a.pretty"));
   });

   OR

   //apply `prettyDate` method to those;
   window.addEvent('domready', function() {
          $$("a.pretty").prettyDate(); 
   });       

To localize this plugin overwrite the options. ex: french localization:

   #JS 
   window.addEvent('domready', function() {
        var options = {
         now      : "a l'instant",
         minute   : "il y a 1 minute",
         minutes  : "il y a {x} minutes",
         hour     : "il y a 1 heure",
         hours    : "il y a {x} heures",
         yesterday: " hier",
         days     : " il y a {x} jours",
         weeks    : " il y a {x} semaines"             
        };
        $$('a.pretty').prettyDate(options); 
   });

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