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JS snippet to get relative time between two dates. Taken from https://twitter.com/branmcconnell/status/1541539848129073153/photo/1
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function getTimeSince(_fromDate, _toDate = new Date()) { | |
const throwError = () => { | |
throw new Error("getTimeSince requires 1-2 arguments, of type date or date-string"); | |
}; | |
if (typeof _fromDate === "undefined") { | |
throwError(); | |
} | |
const fromDate = +new Date(_fromDate); | |
const toDate = +new Date(_toDate); | |
if (isNaN(fromDate) || isNaN(toDate)) { | |
throwError(); | |
} | |
let rft = new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat("en", { | |
localeMatcher: "best fit", | |
style: "long", | |
numeric: "auto", | |
}); | |
let diff = new Date(fromDate) - new Date(toDate); | |
for (const [unit, value] of [ | |
["year", 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365], | |
["month", 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 31], | |
["week", 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 71], | |
["day", 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24], | |
["hour", 1000 * 60 * 60], | |
["minute", 1000 * 60], | |
["second", 1000], | |
]) | |
if (Math.abs(diff) >= value) { | |
return rft.format(Math.floor(diff / value), unit); | |
} | |
return "now"; | |
} |
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