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Lightweight relative time ago in English
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ago.js
const SECOND = 1000
const MINUTE = SECOND * 60
const HOUR = MINUTE * 60
const DAY = HOUR * 24
function timeAgo (date) {
const delta = Date.now() - parseInt(date)
const ago = {
day: delta / DAY,
hour: delta / HOUR,
minute: delta / MINUTE,
second: delta / SECOND
}
const keys = Object.keys(ago)
for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
if (ago[keys[i]] > 1) {
return `${ago[keys[i]] | 0} ${keys[i]}${ago[keys[i]] >= 2 ? 's' : ''} ago`
}
}
return 'just now'
}
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stigok commented Feb 24, 2017

I wanted something lighter than moment.js, as I only wanted English language and strictly epoch formatted dates.

timeAgo(Date.now()) === 'just now'

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