approximate-time

approximate human readable time

Installation

Install with component(1):

$ component install yields/approximate-time

API

approximate(date)

Get approximate human readable time with date.

Examples

var time = require('approximate-time');
 
// now
assert('just now' == time(new Date));
 
// seconds
assert('a second' == time(add(1e3)));
assert('5 seconds' == time(add(1e3 * 5)));
 
// minutes
assert('a minute' == time(add(1e3 * 60)));
assert('5 minutes' == time(add(6e4 * 5)));
 
// hours
assert('an hour' == time(add(6e4 * 60)));
assert('5 hours' == time(add(3.6e+6 * 5)));
 
// days
assert('a day' == time(add(3.6e+6 * 24)));
assert('5 days' == time(add(8.64e+7 * 5)));
 
// weeks
assert('a week' == time(add(8.64e+7 * 7)));
assert('3 weeks' == time(add(6.048e+8 * 3)));
 
// months
assert('a month' == time(add(6.048e+8 * 4.4)));
assert('5 months' == time(add(2.63e+9 * 5)));
 
// years
assert('a year' == time(add(2.63e+9 * 12)));
assert('5 years' == time(add(3.156e+10 * 5)));
 
// decades
assert('a decade' == time(add(3.156e+10 * 10)));
assert('5 decades' == time(add(3.156e+11 * 5)));
assert('100 decades' == time(sub(3.156e+11 * 100)));

License

MIT