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The question is how to format a JavaScript Date as a string stating the time elapsed similar to the way you see times displayed on Stack Overflow. e.g. 1 minute ago 1 hour ago 1 day ago 1 month ago 1 year ago
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function timeSince(date) { | |
var seconds = Math.floor((new Date() - date) / 1000); | |
var interval = Math.floor(seconds / 31536000); | |
if (interval > 1) { | |
return interval + " years"; | |
} | |
interval = Math.floor(seconds / 2592000); | |
if (interval > 1) { | |
return interval + " months"; | |
} | |
interval = Math.floor(seconds / 86400); | |
if (interval > 1) { | |
return interval + " days"; | |
} | |
interval = Math.floor(seconds / 3600); | |
if (interval > 1) { | |
return interval + " hours"; | |
} | |
interval = Math.floor(seconds / 60); | |
if (interval > 1) { | |
return interval + " minutes"; | |
} | |
return Math.floor(seconds) + " seconds"; | |
} |
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