JavaScript code to display Twitter created_at as xxxx ago

Question

I need some JS code that will take the created_at value from a Twitter feed and display it as xxxx ago.

I can find examples of creating the xxxx a

Answer 1

import * as luxon from 'luxon';

// https://stackoverflow.com/a/20478182/5932012
const TWITTER_DATE_FORMAT = 'EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss ZZZ yyyy';

export const parseTwitterDate = (dateStr: string): luxon.DateTime =>
    luxon.DateTime.fromString(dateStr, TWITTER_DATE_FORMAT);

export const formatTwitterDate = (dateTime: luxon.DateTime): string =>
    dateTime.toFormat(TWITTER_DATE_FORMAT);