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HTML

<span class="calculateMinutes" data-timestamp="2014-02-18 15:00:48">

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {

    calculateMinutes();
    setInterval(calculateMinutes, 60000);

});

function calculateMinutes() {
    $('.calculateMinutes').each(function () {
        var timestamp = $(this).data('timestamp').replace(' ', 'T');
        var diff = Math.abs(new Date(timestamp) - new Date());
        var minutes = Math.floor((diff / 1000) / 60);
        $(this).html(minutes + ' min.');
    });
}