element-web/src/utils/humanize.ts

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import { _t } from "../languageHandler";

// These are the constants we use for when to break the text
const MILLISECONDS_RECENT = 15000;
const MILLISECONDS_1_MIN = 75000;
const MINUTES_UNDER_1_HOUR = 45;
const MINUTES_1_HOUR = 75;
const HOURS_UNDER_1_DAY = 23;
const HOURS_1_DAY = 26;

/**
 * Converts a timestamp into human-readable, translated, text.
 * @param {number} timeMillis The time in millis to compare against.
 * @returns {string} The humanized time.
 */
export function humanizeTime(timeMillis: number): string {
    const now = (new Date()).getTime();
    let msAgo = now - timeMillis;
    const minutes = Math.abs(Math.ceil(msAgo / 60000));
    const hours = Math.ceil(minutes / 60);
    const days = Math.ceil(hours / 24);

    if (msAgo >= 0) { // Past
        if (msAgo <= MILLISECONDS_RECENT) return _t("a few seconds ago");
        if (msAgo <= MILLISECONDS_1_MIN) return _t("about a minute ago");
        if (minutes <= MINUTES_UNDER_1_HOUR) return _t("%(num)s minutes ago", { num: minutes });
        if (minutes <= MINUTES_1_HOUR) return _t("about an hour ago");
        if (hours <= HOURS_UNDER_1_DAY) return _t("%(num)s hours ago", { num: hours });
        if (hours <= HOURS_1_DAY) return _t("about a day ago");
        return _t("%(num)s days ago", { num: days });
    } else { // Future
        msAgo = Math.abs(msAgo);
        if (msAgo <= MILLISECONDS_RECENT) return _t("a few seconds from now");
        if (msAgo <= MILLISECONDS_1_MIN) return _t("about a minute from now");
        if (minutes <= MINUTES_UNDER_1_HOUR) return _t("%(num)s minutes from now", { num: minutes });
        if (minutes <= MINUTES_1_HOUR) return _t("about an hour from now");
        if (hours <= HOURS_UNDER_1_DAY) return _t("%(num)s hours from now", { num: hours });
        if (hours <= HOURS_1_DAY) return _t("about a day from now");
        return _t("%(num)s days from now", { num: days });
    }
}