Difference between two dates in years, months, days in JavaScript

Question

I\'ve been searching for 4 hours now, and have not found a solution to get the difference between two dates in years, months, and days in JavaScript, like: 10th of April 201

Answer 1

To calculate the difference between two dates in Years, Months, Days, Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds using TypeScript/ JavaScript

dateDifference(actualDate) {
            // Calculate time between two dates:
            const date1 = actualDate; // the date you already commented/ posted
            const date2: any = new Date(); // today

            let r = {}; // object for clarity
            let message: string;

            const diffInSeconds = Math.abs(date2 - date1) / 1000;
            const days = Math.floor(diffInSeconds / 60 / 60 / 24);
            const hours = Math.floor(diffInSeconds / 60 / 60 % 24);
            const minutes = Math.floor(diffInSeconds / 60 % 60);
            const seconds = Math.floor(diffInSeconds % 60);
            const milliseconds = 
           Math.round((diffInSeconds - Math.floor(diffInSeconds)) * 1000);

            const months = Math.floor(days / 31);
            const years = Math.floor(months / 12);

            // the below object is just optional 
            // if you want to return an object instead of a message
            r = {
                years: years,
                months: months,
                days: days,
                hours: hours,
                minutes: minutes,
                seconds: seconds,
                milliseconds: milliseconds
            };

            // check if difference is in years or months
            if (years === 0 && months === 0) {
                // show in days if no years / months
                if (days > 0) {
                    if (days === 1) {
                        message = days + ' day';
                    } else { message = days + ' days'; }
                }  else if (hours > 0) {
                    if (hours === 1) {
                        message = hours + ' hour';
                    } else {
                        message = hours + ' hours';
                    }
                } else {
                    // show in minutes if no years / months / days
                    if (minutes === 1) {
                        message = minutes + ' minute';
                    } else {message = minutes + ' minutes';}  
                }
            } else if (years === 0 && months > 0) {
                // show in months if no years
                if (months === 1) {
                    message = months + ' month';
                } else {message = months + ' months';}
            } else if (years > 0) {
                // show in years if years exist
                if (years === 1) {
                    message = years + ' year';
                } else {message = years + ' years';}
            }

            return 'Posted ' + message + ' ago'; 
     // this is the message a user see in the view
        }

However, you can update the above logic for the message to show seconds and milliseconds too or else use the object 'r' to format the message whatever way you want.

If you want to directly copy the code, you can view my gist with the above code here