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TimeAgo - ES6
// Epochs
const epochs = [
['year', 31536000],
['month', 2592000],
['day', 86400],
['hour', 3600],
['minute', 60],
['second', 1]
];
// Get duration
const getDuration = (timeAgoInSeconds) => {
for (let [name, seconds] of epochs) {
const interval = Math.floor(timeAgoInSeconds / seconds);
if (interval >= 1) {
return {
interval: interval,
epoch: name
};
}
}
};
// Calculate
const timeAgo = (date) => {
const timeAgoInSeconds = Math.floor((new Date() - new Date(date)) / 1000);
const {interval, epoch} = getDuration(timeAgoInSeconds);
const suffix = interval === 1 ? '' : 's';
return `${interval} ${epoch}${suffix} ago`;
};
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IbeVanmeenen commented Aug 25, 2016

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IbeVanmeenen commented Aug 25, 2016

Updated epochs to an array because the sequence of the values is important. Properties order in objects is not guaranteed in JavaScript. Kudos to @pjaspers for pointing this one out!

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