javascripttimetimeago

Twitter-style time-ago formatting ("2h") with Javascript

Timeago.js does a great job of formatting time stamps relative to the current time ("about 2 hours ago").

Are there any solutions that accomplish the same thing, but abbreviated? IE "2h", like Twitter uses.

Solution

  • You can use Timeago.js and overwrite the local time formatting with the abbreviated version, e.g.

    var locale = function(number, index, total_sec) {
  return [
    ['just now', 'right now'],
    ['%s s ago', 'in %s s'],
    ['1 m ago', 'in 1 m'],
    ['%s m ago', 'in %s m'],
    ['1 h ago', 'in 1 h'],
    ['%s h ago', 'in %s h'],
    ....
  ][index];
};

timeago.register('pt_ABBR', locale);
var timeagoInstance = timeago();

// then you can use it
timeagoInstance.format(1473245023718, 'pt_ABBR');