@oscbco/lapse

Returns how long ago a given date was

Installation

  npm install @oscbco/lapse

Parameters

• language: en for english or es for spanish. The messages for these two languages are hard coded for now
• The fist date (expressed in milliseconds). This is expected to be in the past with respect to the second date or to the present. Otherwise false is returned.
• An optional second date (expressed in milliseconds). If omitted the current date will be used.

Examples

const pinnedDate = new Date("1/31/2020 16:59:00").getTime();

getLapse('en', new Date("1/31/2020 16:58:30").getTime(), pinnedDate))
// Less than a minute ago

getLapse('en', new Date("1/31/2020 16:58:00").getTime(), pinnedDate))
// 1 minute ago

getLapse('en', new Date("1/31/2020 15:48:30").getTime(), pinnedDate))
// 1 hour ago

getLapse('en', new Date("1/30/2020 15:48:30").getTime(), pinnedDate))
// 1 day ago


getLapse('es', new Date("1/20/2020 15:48:30").getTime(), pinnedDate))
// Hace 1.6 semanas

getLapse('es', new Date("12/25/2019 15:48:30").getTime(), pinnedDate))
// Hace 1.3 meses

getLapse('es', new Date("12/25/2018 15:48:30").getTime(), pinnedDate))
// Hace 1.1 años

getLapse('es', new Date("1/31/2019 16:59:00").getTime(), pinnedDate))
// Hace 1 año

Tests

  npm test