A Web Component to display a relative time.
<script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script>
<relative-time><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time><script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script>
<relative-time lang="fr"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time><script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script>
<p lang="fr">
<relative-time><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time>
</p><script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script>
<!-- Updates every 1 second -->
<relative-time update="1"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time>
<!-- Disable updates -->
<relative-time update="false"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time><script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script>
<!-- Always format using seconds -->
<relative-time division="second"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time><script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script>
<!-- Format using seconds up to minutes -->
<relative-time max-division="minute"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time><script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script>
<!-- Automatically choose when to use numbers vs. words in formatting -->
<relative-time format-numeric="auto"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time>
<!-- Always use numbers in time formatting -->
<relative-time format-numeric="always"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time><script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script>
<!-- Long formatting (e.g. 1 second) -->
<relative-time format-style="long"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time>
<!-- Short formatting (e.g. 1 sec.) -->
<relative-time format-style="short"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time>
<!-- Narrow formatting (e.g. 1s) -->
<relative-time format-style="narrow"><time datetime="2024-04-09T00:00:00+14:00">9 April 2024</time></relative-time>You have a few options (choose one of these):
- Install via npm:
npm install @chrisburnell/relative-time - Download the source manually from GitHub into your project.
- Skip this step and use the script directly via a 3rd party CDN (not recommended for production use)
Make sure you include the <script> in your project (choose one of these):
<!-- Host yourself -->
<script type="module" src="relative-time.js"></script><!-- 3rd party CDN, not recommended for production use -->
<script
type="module"
src="https://www.unpkg.com/@chrisburnell/relative-time/relative-time.js"
></script><!-- 3rd party CDN, not recommended for production use -->
<script
type="module"
src="https://esm.sh/@chrisburnell/relative-time"
></script>With thanks to the following people:
- David Darnes for creating this Web Component repo template