The question is how to format a JavaScript Date
as a string stating the time elapsed similar to the way you see times displayed on Stack Overflow.
e.g.<
I achieve this by following method
timeAgo = (date) => {
var ms = (new Date()).getTime() - date.getTime();
var seconds = Math.floor(ms / 1000);
var minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
var hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
var days = Math.floor(hours / 24);
var months = Math.floor(days / 30);
var years = Math.floor(months / 12);
if (ms === 0) {
return 'Just now';
} if (seconds < 60) {
return seconds + ' seconds Ago';
} if (minutes < 60) {
return minutes + ' minutes Ago';
} if (hours < 24) {
return hours + ' hours Ago';
} if (days < 30) {
return days + ' days Ago';
} if (months < 12) {
return months + ' months Ago';
} else {
return years + ' years Ago';
}
}
console.log(timeAgo(new Date()));
console.log(timeAgo(new Date('Jun 27 2020 10:12:19')));
console.log(timeAgo(new Date('Jun 27 2020 00:12:19')));
console.log(timeAgo(new Date('May 28 2020 13:12:19')));
console.log(timeAgo(new Date('May 28 2017 13:12:19')));