human-pretty-date is a Javascript library that helps you collect common and not-so-common informations about your application user.
Use the package manager npm to install human-pretty-date.
npm i human-pretty-date --save
If you are using human-pretty-date with Typescript, you can import the package with the import sintax
import * as humanPrettyDate from 'human-pretty-date';The usage will be like this:
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -2 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -2 * 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -2 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -2 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -2 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -2 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - -1 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date()));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 1 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 2 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 2 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 2 * 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
console.log(formatDate(new Date(new Date() - 2 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));This is the complete output:
2 years from now
1 year from now
2 month from now
1 months from now
2 day from now
tomorrow
2 hours from now
1 hour from now
2 minutes from now
1 minute from now
2 seconds from now
1 second from now
just now
1 second ago
2 seconds ago
1 minute ago
2 minutes ago
1 hour ago
2 hours ago
yesterday
2 day ago
1 months ago
2 month ago
1 year ago
2 years ago
To use the i18n provided by the package, you just need to past the desired locale in the config object:
console.log(formatDate(new Date(), { locale: 'pt_BR' })); // agora| Code | Locale |
|---|---|
| en | English |
| pt_BR | Portuguese (Brazil) |
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| Caio Rolla |
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| You don't need state management if you use global variables. 🐛 |
Pull requests are welcome, specially for new locales. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
This package is based on node-prettydate