jquery.liveTimeAgo.js

A jQuery plugin to get "date ago" in realtime!

Example :

How to use it

To use liveTimeAgo.js just understand this following lines :

Head :

<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/jquery.liveTimeAgo.min.js"></script>

Content :

    <div class="liveTime">2016-06-20 14:44:00</div>
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-value="2016-06-20 14:44:00"></div>
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-type="timestamp" data-lta-value="1466431440"></div>

Launch :

$('.liveTime').liveTimeAgo();

Documentation

Browser compatibility :

• Firefox
• Safari
• Chrome
• IE 8+
• Edge
• Opera

Date format :

• Datetime
• Date
• Timestamp

Usages :

Datetime / Date :

Default type is datetime/date so you have the choice to :

• put Datetime/Date value directly in your element
• add date value on "data-lta-value" attribute
• add date value on "data-lta-value" attribute and already step-up the right message in your element

	<!-- With Datetime -->
    <div class="liveTime">2016-06-20 14:44:00</div>
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-value="2016-06-20 14:44:00"></div>
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-value="2016-06-20 14:44:00">2 months ago</div>
    
    <!-- With Date -->
    <div class="liveTime">2016-06-20</div>
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-value="2016-06-20"></div>
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-value="2016-06-20">2 months ago</div>

Timestamp :

To use timestamp you need to specify the date's type with the "data-lta-type" attribute. Then you have same possibilies as datetime/date dates :

• put timestamp value directly in your element
• add timestamp value on "data-lta-value" attribute
• add timestamp value on "data-lta-value" attribute and already step-up the right message in your element

	<!-- With timestamp -->
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-type="timestamp"> 1466431440 </div>
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-type="timestamp" data-lta-value="1466431440"></div>
    <div class="liveTime" data-lta-type="timestamp" data-lta-value="1466431440">2 months ago</div>

Options :

You can customize / translate the result:

(the % symbol represents the number of minutes, hours, days ... displayed)

// This is the default translate array
var default_options = {
    translate: {
        'year': '% year ago',
        'years': '% years ago',
        'month':'% month ago',
        'months':'% months ago',
        'day': '% day ago',
        'days': '% days ago',
        'hour': '% hour ago',
        'hours': '% hours ago',
        'minute': '% minute ago',
        'minutes': '% minutes ago',
        'seconds': 'few seconds ago',
        'error': 'unknow time',
    }
};
$('.liveTime').liveTimeAgo(default_options);

Contribute

We're always looking for:

• Bug reports, especially those for aspects with a reduced test case
• Pull requests for features, spelling errors, clarifications, etc.
• Ideas for enhancements