From da18658a5fb5b1f4f2c9af85b27c6d098affa296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Edmund <justin@jedmund.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 17:45:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add timeAgo util function

---
 utils/timeAgo.tsx | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 utils/timeAgo.tsx

diff --git a/utils/timeAgo.tsx b/utils/timeAgo.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c510a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/timeAgo.tsx
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+
+const DIVISIONS = [
+    { amount: 60, name: 'seconds' },
+    { amount: 60, name: 'minutes' },
+    { amount: 24, name: 'hours' },
+    { amount: 7, name: 'days' },
+    { amount: 4.34524, name: 'weeks' },
+    { amount: 12, name: 'months' },
+    { amount: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, name: 'years' }
+]
+
+export function formatTimeAgo(date: Date, locale: string = 'en-us') {
+    const formatter = new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat(locale, { numeric: 'auto' })
+
+    let duration = (date.getTime() - new Date().getTime()) / 1000
+
+    for (let i = 0; i <= DIVISIONS.length; i++) {
+        const division = DIVISIONS[i]
+
+        if (Math.abs(duration) < division.amount) {
+            return formatter.format(Math.round(duration), division.name)
+        }
+
+        duration /= division.amount
+    }
+  }
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