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useTimeAgo

Reactive time ago. Automatically update the time ago string when the time changes.

Usage

import { useTimeAgo } from '@vueuse/core';

const timeAgo = useTimeAgo(new Date(2021, 0, 1));

Component Usage

<template>
  <UseTimeAgo v-slot="{ timeAgo }" :time="new Date(2021, 0, 1)">
    Time Ago: {{ timeAgo }}
  </UseTimeAgo>
</template>

Non-Reactivity Usage

In case you don't need the reactivity, you can use the formatTimeAgo function to get the formatted string instead of a Ref.

import { formatTimeAgo } from '@vueuse/core';

const timeAgo = formatTimeAgo(new Date(2021, 0, 1)); // string

Type Declarations

export type UseTimeAgoFormatter<T = number> = (value: T, isPast: boolean) => string;
export type UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault =
  | 'second'
  | 'minute'
  | 'hour'
  | 'day'
  | 'week'
  | 'month'
  | 'year';
export interface UseTimeAgoMessagesBuiltIn {
  justNow: string;
  past: string | UseTimeAgoFormatter<string>;
  future: string | UseTimeAgoFormatter<string>;
  invalid: string;
}
export type UseTimeAgoMessages<UnitNames extends string = UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault> =
  UseTimeAgoMessagesBuiltIn & Record<UnitNames, string | UseTimeAgoFormatter<number>>;
export interface FormatTimeAgoOptions<UnitNames extends string = UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault> {
  /**
   * Maximum unit (of diff in milliseconds) to display the full date instead of relative
   *
   * @default undefined
   */
  max?: UnitNames | number;
  /**
   * Formatter for full date
   */
  fullDateFormatter?: (date: Date) => string;
  /**
   * Messages for formatting the string
   */
  messages?: UseTimeAgoMessages<UnitNames>;
  /**
   * Minimum display time unit (default is minute)
   *
   * @default false
   */
  showSecond?: boolean;
  /**
   * Rounding method to apply.
   *
   * @default 'round'
   */
  rounding?: 'round' | 'ceil' | 'floor' | number;
  /**
   * Custom units
   */
  units?: UseTimeAgoUnit<UnitNames>[];
}
export interface UseTimeAgoOptions<
  Controls extends boolean,
  UnitNames extends string = UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault,
> extends FormatTimeAgoOptions<UnitNames> {
  /**
   * Expose more controls
   *
   * @default false
   */
  controls?: Controls;
  /**
   * Intervals to update, set 0 to disable auto update
   *
   * @default 30_000
   */
  updateInterval?: number;
}
export interface UseTimeAgoUnit<Unit extends string = UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault> {
  max: number;
  value: number;
  name: Unit;
}
export type UseTimeAgoReturn<Controls extends boolean = false> = Controls extends true
  ? {
      timeAgo: ComputedRef<string>;
    } & Pausable
  : ComputedRef<string>;
/**
 * Reactive time ago formatter.
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/useTimeAgo
 *
 * @__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__
 */
export declare function useTimeAgo<UnitNames extends string = UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault>(
  time: MaybeRefOrGetter<Date | number | string>,
  options?: UseTimeAgoOptions<false, UnitNames>,
): UseTimeAgoReturn<false>;
export declare function useTimeAgo<UnitNames extends string = UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault>(
  time: MaybeRefOrGetter<Date | number | string>,
  options: UseTimeAgoOptions<true, UnitNames>,
): UseTimeAgoReturn<true>;
export declare function formatTimeAgo<UnitNames extends string = UseTimeAgoUnitNamesDefault>(
  from: Date,
  options?: FormatTimeAgoOptions<UnitNames>,
  now?: Date | number,
): string;