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Get fuzzy time from JS Date.
// 1hr ago, 2 days ago etc
const getFuzzyTime = (millisec) => {
let res = "";
const t_second = 1000;
const t_minute = t_second * 60;
const t_hour = t_minute * 60;
const t_day = t_hour * 24;
const t_week = t_day * 7;
const t_month = Math.floor(t_day * 30.4);
const t_year = t_month * 12;
const now = Date.now();
const dif = now - millisec;
const fuzzy_string = (time_ref, time_str) => {
const fuzzy = Math.floor(dif / time_ref);
res += `${fuzzy} ${time_str}`;
if (fuzzy !== 1) res += "s";
res += " ago";
};
if (dif >= t_year) fuzzy_string(t_year, "year");
else if (dif >= t_month) fuzzy_string(t_month, "month");
else if (dif >= t_week) fuzzy_string(t_week, "week");
else if (dif >= t_day) fuzzy_string(t_day, "day");
else if (dif >= t_hour) fuzzy_string(t_hour, "hour");
else if (dif >= t_minute) fuzzy_string(t_minute, "minute");
else if (dif >= t_second) fuzzy_string(t_second, "second");
else res = "now";
return res;
};
export default getFuzzyTime;
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