🕒 time-ago

Get the time difference with current time as string with a simple npm package.

Installation

npm install @souravdey/time-ago

Usage

import getTimeAgoString from '@souravdey/time-ago';

var timeAgo = getTimeAgoString(unixtimestamp);
var timeAgoAbbreviation = getTimeAgoString(unixtimestamp,true);

console.log(timeAgo) // output eg. 21 minutes
console.log(timeAgoAbbreviation) // output eg. 21 mins

Params for the function

• unixtimestamp in miliseconds eg. 1617799359000
• abbreviation as true or false. It is not a mandatory feild and default value is false. If passed true it will abbreviate the units eg. minutes to mins.

getTimeAgoString function returns a string as per the time diffrence of the current time.

• x seconds/secs if the diffrence between current time and unix timestamp is within 59 secs.

• x minutes/mins if the diffrence between current time and unix timestamp is within 1 min to 59 mins.

• x hours/hrs if the diffrence between current time and unix timestamp is within 1 hr to 23 hrs.

• x days/ds if the diffrence between current time and unix timestamp is within 1 day to 30 days.

• x months/mths if the diffrence between current time and unix timestamp is within 1 month to 11 months.

• x years/yrs if the diffrence between current time and unix timestamp is more than 1 year.