tiny-relative-date
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Tiny function that provides relative, human-readable dates.
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Relative Date
Tiny function that provides relative, human-readable dates.
Installation
npm install tiny-relative-date
Usage
The module returns a relativeDate
function with English translations by default.
const relativeDate = require('tiny-relative-date')
The relativeDate
function accepts date strings or Date
objects.
relativeDate('2017-06-25 09:00') // '12 hours ago'
relativeDate(new Date()) // 'just now'
The value of "now" can also be passed as a second parameter.
const now = new Date('2017-06-25 08:00:00')
const date = new Date('2017-06-25 07:00:00')
relativeDate(date, now) // 'an hour ago'
Using a non-English locale
The tiny-relative-date module can be initialised with a locale. See the translations directory for a list of available locales.
const relativeDateFactory = require('tiny-relative-date/lib/factory')
const deTranslations = require('tiny-relative-date/translations/de')
const relativeDate = relativeDateFactory(deTranslations)
relativeDate(new Date()) // 'gerade eben'
Using a custom locale
You can also use a completely custom locale by passing a translations object instead of a locale string. Translations can be plain strings with a {{time}}
placeholder, or they can be functions. See the Adding new locales section below for a list of translation keys.
const relativeDateFactory = require('tiny-relative-date/lib/factory')
const relativeDate = relativeDateFactory({
hoursAgo: '{{time}}h ago',
daysAgo: (days) => `${days * 24}h ago`
})
relativeDate('2017-06-25 07:00:00') // '2h ago'
relativeDate('2017-06-24 06:00:00') // '27h ago'
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Running this project locally requires Git and Node.js.
git clone [email protected]:wildlyinaccurate/tiny-relative-date.git
cd tiny-relative-date/
npm install
Once you are set up, you can make changes to files in the src/
, spec/
and translations/
directories. Build any changes you make by running
npm run build
And run the tests with
npm run test
Adding new locales
If you would like to add a new locale, please create a JSON file in the translations
directory and ensure it has the following keys:
| Key | Default value ("en" locale) |
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
| justNow
| just now |
| secondsAgo
| {{time}} seconds ago |
| aMinuteAgo
| a minute ago |
| minutesAgo
| {{time}} minutes ago |
| anHourAgo
| an hour ago |
| hoursAgo
| {{time}} hours ago |
| aDayAgo
| yesterday |
| daysAgo
| {{time}} days ago |
| aWeekAgo
| a week ago |
| weeksAgo
| {{time}} weeks ago |
| aMonthAgo
| a month ago |
| monthsAgo
| {{time}} months ago |
| aYearAgo
| a year ago |
| yearsAgo
| {{time}} years ago |
| overAYearAgo
| over a year ago |
| secondsFromNow
| {{time}} seconds from now |
| aMinuteFromNow
| a minute from now |
| minutesFromNow
| {{time}} minutes from now |
| anHourFromNow
| an hour from now |
| hoursFromNow
| {{time}} hours from now |
| aDayFromNow
| tomorrow |
| daysFromNow
| {{time}} days from now |
| aWeekFromNow
| a week from now |
| weeksFromNow
| {{time}} weeks from now |
| aMonthFromNow
| a month from now |
| monthsFromNow
| {{time}} months from now |
| aYearFromNow
| a year from now |
| yearsFromNow
| {{time}} years from now |
| overAYearFromNow
| over a year from now |