Moment.js - tomorrow, today and yesterday

Question

I\'d like the moment().fromNow() functionality, but when the date is close it is too precise - ex. I don\'t want it to show \'in 3 hours\' but \'today\' - so basica

Answer 1

Requirements:

• When the date is further away, use the standard moment().fromNow() functionality.
• When the date is closer, show "today", "yesterday", "tomorrow", etc.

Solution:

// call this function, passing-in your date
function dateToFromNowDaily( myDate ) {

    // get from-now for this date
    var fromNow = moment( myDate ).fromNow();

    // ensure the date is displayed with today and yesterday
    return moment( myDate ).calendar( null, {
        // when the date is closer, specify custom values
        lastWeek: '[Last] ffffdd',
        lastDay:  '[Yesterday]',
        sameDay:  '[Today]',
        nextDay:  '[Tomorrow]',
        nextWeek: 'ffffdd',
        // when the date is further away, use from-now functionality             
        sameElse: function () {
            return "[" + fromNow + "]";
        }
    });
}

NB: From version 2.14.0, the formats argument to the calendar function can be a callback, see http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/calendar-time/.