Index: lams_build/lib/lams/lams.jar
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_build/lib/lams/lams.jar,v
diff -u -r1.420.2.84 -r1.420.2.85
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Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/DateUtil.java
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/DateUtil.java,v
diff -u -r1.11.4.6 -r1.11.4.7
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/DateUtil.java	11 May 2016 07:07:25 -0000	1.11.4.6
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/DateUtil.java	26 Jul 2016 00:43:48 -0000	1.11.4.7
@@ -53,7 +53,16 @@
     public static final String SCHEDULE_LESSON_FORMAT = "dd/M/yyyy h:mm a";
     public static final String ISO8601_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mmZ";
     public static final String PRETTY_FORMAT = "d MMMM yyyy h:mm:ss a";
-
+    private static DateFormat dateFormatterTimeAgo; // access via getTimeagoDateFormatter()
+    
+    private static DateFormat getTimeagoDateFormatter() {
+	if (dateFormatterTimeAgo == null) {
+	    dateFormatterTimeAgo = new SimpleDateFormat(DateUtil.ISO8601_FORMAT);
+	    dateFormatterTimeAgo.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+	}
+	return dateFormatterTimeAgo;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Convert your local time to Universal Time Coordinator. TODO conversion is not working properly. The returned Date
      * object still contain server local timezone rather than GMT time zone.
@@ -259,4 +268,12 @@
 	return df.format(value);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Convert a date to the ISO08601 format needed for Timeago. Used to return dates through JSON.
+     */
+    public static String convertToStringForTimeagoJSON(Date value) {
+	return getTimeagoDateFormatter().format(value);
+	
+    }
+
 }