moment-twitter
v0.2.0
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An extension to moment.js that formats dates like Twitter
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Twitter-like Date Formatter
moment.twitter.js is an extension to moment.js that formats dates like Twitter.
Usage
Works with AMD, CommonJS and browser environments.
// AMD
define(['moment-twitter'], function(moment) { moment().twitter() });
// CommonJS
var moment = require('moment-twitter');
moment().twitter()
<!-- Browser -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/moment.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/moment-twitter.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
moment().twitter();
</script>
Works on both past and future dates.
Methods
moment().twitterLong()
Web-friendly formatting.
Examples:
Formats time relative to current time.
moment(moment() + (36e5 * 5)).twitter()
// 5 hours
Yes, it does smart pluralization.
moment(moment() + 36e5).twitter()
// 1 hour
Times greater than 24 hours are converted to dates like Mar 7
moment(moment() + 6048e5).twitter()
// Mar 7
moment().twitter()
For use on mobile (alias moment().twitterShort()
).
Examples:
Units single characters, and there are no spaces.
moment(moment() + (36e5 * 5)).twitterShort()
// 5h
Times greater than 24 hours but more than 6 days are converted to days.
moment(moment() + (864e5 * 6)).twitterShort()
// 6d
Times greater than 6 days are slash-separated.
moment(moment() + 6048e5).twitterShort()
// 3/7/86