How to format time since xxx e.g. “4 minutes ago” similar to Stack Exchange sites

Question

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.

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Answer 1

I write one with js and python, used in two projects, very nice and simple: a simple library (less then 2kb) used to format date with *** time ago statement.

simple, small, easy used, and well tested.

1. npm install timeago.js

2. import timeago from 'timeago.js'; // or use script tag

3. use api format.

Sample:

var timeagoIns  = timeago();
timeagoIns .format('2016-06-12');

Also you can render in real-time.

var timeagoIns = timeago();
timeagoIns.render(document.querySelectorAll('time'));