anywhen

show me the date.  when was it.  how long ago.

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~800b gzip. zero dependencies. 200+ locales — for free.

No locale files to import. No plugins to register. No config.

import { anydate, anywhen, anyago } from "anywhen";

anydate(date, "en"); // "Feb 5, 2016"
anywhen(date, "en"); // "yesterday, 2:35 PM"
anyago(date, "en"); // "3 hours ago"

anydate(date, "de"); // "5. Feb. 2016"
anywhen(date, "fr"); // "hier, 14:35"
anyago(date, "tr"); // "3 saat önce"

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install

npm install anywhen

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anydate — show me the date.

Always absolute. Pass any Intl.DateTimeFormat options.

anydate(date, "en"); // "Feb 5, 2016"
anydate(date, "en", { hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit" }); // "2:35 PM"
anydate(date, "en", {
  weekday: "long",
  month: "long",
  day: "numeric",
  year: "numeric",
}); // "Friday, February 5, 2016"
anydate(date, "en", { month: "long", year: "numeric" }); // "February 2016"

anydate(date, "de"); // "5. Feb. 2016"
anydate(date, "ja"); // "2016年2月5日"
anydate(date, "ar"); // "٥ فبراير ٢٠١٦"

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anywhen — when was it.

Smart context — picks the right format automatically. Covers past and future.

anywhen(date, "en"); // "just now"
anywhen(date, "en"); // "10 minutes ago"
anywhen(date, "en"); // "today, 2:35 PM"
anywhen(date, "en"); // "yesterday, 9:00 AM"
anywhen(date, "de"); // "Mittwoch, 11:20"
anywhen(date, "en"); // "Feb 5, 2016"
anywhen(date, "en"); // "in 2 weeks"
anywhen(date, "ru"); // "через 3 месяца"

anywhen(date, "en", false); // "yesterday" — no clock

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anyago — how long ago.

Always relative. Past and future.

anyago(date, "en"); // "3 hours ago"
anyago(date, "en"); // "yesterday"
anyago(date, "en"); // "in 2 weeks"
anyago(date, "de"); // "vor 3 Stunden"
anyago(date, "fr"); // "il y a 3 heures"
anyago(date, "tr"); // "3 saat önce"
anyago(date, "ru"); // "3 часа назад"

anyago(date, "en", true); // "1 day ago" instead of "yesterday"

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anywhere — fix your locale.

One locale across all calls.

import { anywhere } from "anywhen";

const t = anywhere("de");

t.anydate(date); // "5. Feb. 2016"
t.anydate(date, {
  weekday: "long",
  month: "long",
  day: "numeric",
  year: "numeric",
}); // "Freitag, 5. Februar 2016"
t.anywhen(date); // "gestern, 14:35"
t.anyago(date); // "vor 3 Stunden"

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vs the alternatives

	anywhen	dayjs	date-fns
gzip	~800b	~7kb	~20kb
locale data bundled	no	yes	yes
locales	200+	140	100
dependencies	0	0	0

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input types

Every function accepts Date, unix timestamp, or ISO string.

anydate(new Date(), "en");
anydate(Date.now(), "en");
anydate("2016-02-05T14:00:00Z", "en");

compatibility

Node.js 13+ · Chrome 71+ · Firefox 65+ · Safari 14+ · Edge Runtime