A library useful for creating fuzzy timestamps. (e.g. "5 minutes ago")
The easiest way to use this library via top-level function timeAgo(date):
main() async {
final fifteenAgo = new DateTime.now().subtract(new Duration(minutes: 15));
print(timeAgo(fifteenAgo)); // 15 minutes ago
}If you are using it in multiple places and want a little more control you can create your own instance:
import 'package:timeago/timeago.dart';
main() async {
TimeAgo ta = new TimeAgo();
final fifteenAgo = new DateTime.now().subtract(new Duration(minutes: 15));
final fifteenFromNow = new DateTime.now().add(new Duration(minutes: 15));
print(ta.format(fifteenAgo)); // 15 minutes ago
print(ta.format(fifteenFromNow, until: true)); // 15 minutes from now
// Change locale
ta.locale = 'es';
print(ta.format(fifteenAgo)); // hace 15 minutos
print(ta.format(fifteenFromNow, until: true)); // dentro de 15 minutos
}While you can use TimeAgo as previously described in the browser it will load all the current localization messages at once.
To lazyload localizations use import 'package:timeago/browser_timeago.dart'; instead:
import 'package:timeago/browser_timeago.dart';
main() async {
TimeAgo ta = new TimeAgo();
final fifteenAgo = new DateTime.now().subtract(new Duration(minutes: 15));
final fifteenFromNow = new DateTime.now().add(new Duration(minutes: 15));
print(ta.format(fifteenAgo)); // 15 minutes ago
print(ta.format(fifteenFromNow, until: true)); // 15 minutes from now
// Lazy Load locale messages, only need to do this once per locale.
await ta.initializeLocale("es");
// Change locale
ta.locale = 'es';
print(ta.format(fifteenAgo)); // hace 15 minutos
print(ta.format(fifteenFromNow, until: true)); // dentro de 15 minutos
}Please file feature requests and bugs at the issue tracker.