JavaScript · Internationalisation

Intl.RelativeTimeFormat

Formats relative times such as “3 days ago” for a locale.

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Syntax

new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat(locale)

Example

Try it

const fmt = new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat("en", { numeric: "auto" });
console.log(fmt.format(-3, "day"));

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