timelapsed

Timelapsed is a NodeJs module that makes it easy to support fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago" or "yesterday")

usage

import { fromDateString, fromTimestamp } from "timelapsed";

fromTimestamp('1514811522125');

fromDateString('2017-11-07 15:58:42.125836');

methods available

for timestamps eg "1514811522125" string

use fromTimestamp()

for datestrings eg "2019-01-02T21:00:00.000Z" string

use fromDateString()

required parameters

timestamp string eg "1514811522125"

when using fromTimestamp(timestamp)

datestring string eg "2019-01-02T21:00:00.000Z"

when using fromDateString(datestring)

optional parameters with default values

notation (default = 'lng') string

• twitter

  "n", "m", "h", "d", "w"

  fromTimestamp(1514811522125, 'twitter');
  fromDateString('2019-01-02T21:00:00.000Z', 'twitter');

• mid

  "now", "min", "mins", "hr", "hrs", "dy", "dys", "wk", "wks"

  fromTimestamp(1514811522125, 'mid');
  fromDateString('2019-01-02T21:00:00.000Z', 'mid');

• lng

  "just now", "minute ago", "minutes ago", "hour ago", "hours ago", "yesterday", "days ago", "week ago", "weeks ago".

  fromTimestamp(1514811522125, 'lng');
  fromDateString('2019-01-02T21:00:00.000Z', 'lng');

safe (dafault = true) boolean

• will Throw an Error if parameter set to true and the timestamp or datestring provided is invalid.

  fromTimestamp('cf1529385554545xfgg', 'twitter', false);
  
  Result:
  Error: Bad timestamp
  at Function.fromTimestamp...
  
  fromDateString('xsdsd2017-11-07 15:58:42.125836', "lng", false);
  
  Result:
  Error: Bad datestring
  at Function.fromDateString...

• will return 'N/A' string if parameter set to true and the timestamp or datestring provided is invalid.

  fromTimestamp('1529385554545xfgg', 'twitter', true);
  
  Result:
  'N/A'
  
  fromDateString('xsdsd2017-11-07 15:58:42.125836', 'lng', true);
  
  Result:
  'N/A'