react-timy

A simple time ago React component.

Features

Tiny (under 3KB).
Easy to customize (see below).
Updates automatically over time.

Installation

npm i react-timy

Usage

ReactDOM.render(<Timy date={new Date()} />, document.getElementById('root'));

API

Timy

<Timy /> is the component that renders the time ago text on your screen. It takes two arguments:

date: a Date object that is used to calculate the time ago text. - Default: new Date() at the time of creation.
config: an object with the string values required for rendering the time ago text. - Default: formatConfig (see below).

formatConfig

formatConfig is an object with all the strings required for rendering the time ago text. It contains the following key-value pairs:

{
  justNow:          'Just now',
  aFewSecondsAgo:   'A few seconds ago',
  secondsAgo:       'seconds ago',
  aMinuteAgo:       'A minute ago',
  minutesAgo:       'minutes ago',
  anHourAgo:        'An hour ago',
  hoursAgo:         'hours ago',
  aDayAgo:          'A day ago',
  daysAgo:          'days ago',
  aWeekAgo:         'A week ago',
  weeksAgo:         'weeks ago',
  aMonthAgo:        'A month ago',
  monthsAgo:        'months ago',
  aYearAgo:         'A year ago',
  yearsAgo:         'years ago'
}

You can create your own configuration object and use it with the <Timy /> component. Remember to provide a string for each one of the values mentioned above.

react-timy is licensed under the MIT License.