Custom script to calculate a digg-like date difference with Coldfusion

This post explains how you can develope a coldfusion script that calculates difference between two date (the current date, and a reference date) and display the difference in a digg-like style:

2 hour and 10 mins ago

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Coldfusion code
The code is very simple. You don't have to change nothing, a part #reference_date_here# (in bold) with a reference date, for example the date of a post in your blog.

<cfset currentTime = now()>
<cfset referenceDate = #reference_date_here#>
<cfset difference = dateDiff('n',referenceDate, currentTime)>
<!--- Hours --->
<cfif difference GT 59>
<cfset minuts = difference>
<cfset difference = dateDiff('h',referenceDate, currentTime)>
<cfset divisione = nt(minuts/60)>
<cfset currentMinuts = minuts - (divisione*60)>
<cfif difference EQ 1>
<cfset textDifference = ' hour and '&currentMinuts&' mins ago'>
<cfelse>
<cfset textDifference = ' hours and '&currentMinuts&' mins ago'>
</cfif>
<cfset datadifference = difference&textDifference>
<!--- Days --->
<cfif difference GT 24>
<cfsetdifference EQ 1>
<cfset textDifference = ' day ago'>
<cfset>
<cfsettextDifference = ' days ago'>
</cfif>
<cfset difference = dateDiff('d',referenceDate, currentTime)>
<cfset datadifference = difference&textDifference>
</cfif>
<cfelse>
<cfset datadifference = difference&' mins ago'>
</cfif>