angular-timespan

Simple directive to get human readable timespans from any two dates

Install

bower install angular-timespan

Or download the full file or the minified version from the dist folder.

Then include the file in your application (adding the script tag, using require... ) and add it to your app:

angular.module('myApp',[
        'aurbano.timespan'
        // ...
].run([
  /* ... */
]);

Usage

Add the directive with the difference between any two dates to get them in a readable manner:

Sent <span timespan="dateDiff"></span> ago.

<!-- Generates (for example): -->
Sent 14 days ago

Where dateDiff is the difference in milliseconds: $scope.dateDiff = new Date() - startDate;

Options

You can specify timespan-opts with an object containing the custom settings you want for the timespan display:

Sent <span timespan="dateDiff" timespan-opts="timespanConfig"></span> ago.

And in your controller:

$scope.timespanConfig = {
    lessThanFirst: 'now',   // What to display if the diff is less than the first available unit
    millisecond: 'ms',      // ------------------------------------
    second: 's',            // 
    minute: 'm',            // 
    hour: 'h',              // Labels for each unit, use them for
    day: 'd',               // shorthand units, localization...
    week: 'w',              // Set any to `false` to disable it
    month: 'mo',            //
    year: 'y',              // ------------------------------------
    space: false,           // Whether to add a space between the number and the label
    pluralize: false        // Whether to add an 's' to the label if the diff > 1
};

Contribute

Feel free to submit any issues or modifications in Pull Requests. If you are adding a feature it would be great if you also documented it in the Readme, or at least in the PR comment.

License

This directive is released under the MIT License

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Developed by Alejandro U. Alvarez