packages/forkhorse-dashboard/src/time.ts

1/** Relative copy shared by activity, receipt history and running-check captions. */
2export function relativeTime(
3  value: string,
4  now = Date.now(),
5  maxUnit: "day" | "hour" = "day",
6): string {
7  const elapsed = Math.max(0, now - Date.parse(value));
8  if (!Number.isFinite(elapsed)) return "";
9  if (elapsed < 60_000) return "Just now";
10  if (elapsed < 3_600_000) return `${Math.floor(elapsed / 60_000)} min ago`;
11  if (elapsed < 86_400_000 || maxUnit === "hour")
12    return `${Math.floor(elapsed / 3_600_000)} hr ago`;
13  const days = Math.floor(elapsed / 86_400_000);
14  return `${days} ${days === 1 ? "day" : "days"} ago`;
15}
16