Use jQuery timeago or momentjs and AngularJS together

Question

I want to use timeago plugin to make dates look nicer. The problem is that these dates are fetched via AngularJS from the REST dynamically. So, when I attach this jQuery plu

Answer 1

If you need jQuery, writing a directive/filter is the way to go.

app.directive("timeAgo", function($compile) {
  return {  
    restrict: "C",
    link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
      jQuery(element).timeago();
    }
  };
});

app.filter("timeAgo", function() {
  return function(date) {
    return jQuery.timeago(date); 
  };
});

Directive and/or Filter (jsbin)