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James Ives
James Ives

Reputation: 3355

Moment fromNow() but only to a certain point

Is there a way to use Moment's fromNow() function but only to a certain point? I want to setup my script so it uses fromNow() until it exceeds 24 hours, and then I want it to display the full timestamp. What is the best way to achieve this?

moment.locale('en')
moment.tz('America/Los_Angeles')

let time = moment('2017-04-12T17:37:06.886Z').fromNow()

I wasn't able to locate any example in the Moment docs that would allow me to easily achieve this.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 50

Answers (1)

Cem Ekici
Cem Ekici

Reputation: 364

Better to write your custom fromNow function. 

function myFromNow(time) {
  let now = moment();
  return now.isSame(time, 'day') ? time.fromNow() : time.format();
}

let time1 = moment('2017-04-12T17:37:06.886Z');
let time2 = moment('2018-10-12T17:37:06.886Z');

console.log(myFromNow(time1)); //2017-04-12T19:37:06+02:00
console.log(myFromNow(time2)); //in 5 hours

Upvotes: 4

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