function relative_time(time_value) {
	  var values = time_value.split(" ");
	  time_value = values[1] + " " + values[2] + ", " + values[5] + " " + values[3];
     var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);
     var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date();
     var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime() - parsed_date) / 1000);
     if(delta < 60) {
         return 'less than a minute ago ';
     } else if(delta < 120) {
         return 'about a minute ago ';
     } else if(delta < (45*60)) {
         return (parseInt(delta / 60)).toString() + ' minutes ago ';
     } else if(delta < (90*60)) {
         return 'about an hour ago ';
     } else if(delta < (24*60*60)) {
         return 'about ' + (parseInt(delta / 3600)).toString() + ' hours ago ';
     } else if(delta < (48*60*60)) {
         return '1 day ago ';
     } else {
         return (parseInt(delta / 86400)).toString() + ' days ago ';
     }
  }
	function twitCallback(obj) {
		var id = obj[0].user.id;
		document.getElementById('twit_status').innerHTML = obj[0].text;
		document.getElementById('twit_time').innerHTML = relative_time(obj[0].created_at);
	}