This is the smallest, fully unit tested module to convert Date objects into human readable relative timestamps, such as '4 minutes ago', 'yesterday', 'tomorrow', or 'in 3 months'.
import { timeAgo } from "https://deno.land/x/time_ago/mod.ts";
const now = new Date();
const yesterday = new Date(now.getTime() - (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
const hoursAgo = new Date(now.getTime() - (6 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
const yesterday = new Date(now.getTime() - (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
const tomorrow = new Date(now.getTime() + (6 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
const inSixHours = new Date(now.getTime() + (6 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
// present
timeAgo(now); // 'just now'
// past
timeAgo(yesterday); // 'yesterday'
timeAgo(hoursAgo); // '6 hours ago'
// future
timeAgo(inSixHours); // 'in 6 hours'
timeAgo(tomorrow); // 'tomorrow'
Output is as follows:
| Time | Output | Future output |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 1 minute | just now |
just now |
| 1-2 minutes | a minute ago |
in a minute |
| 2-46 minutes | # minutes ago |
in # minutes |
| 46 minutes - 2 hours | an hour ago |
in an hour |
| 2-20 hours | # hours ago |
in # hours |
| 20-48 hours | yesterday |
tomorrow |
| 2-6 days | last week |
in a week |
| 7-28 days | # weeks ago |
in # weeks |
| 28 days - 2 months | last month |
in a month |
| 2-11 months | # months ago |
in # months |
| 11-23 months | last year |
in a year |
| 2+ years | # years ago |
in # years |