time-descriptor

This package is ment to better visualize relative time declarations.

import { MINUTES, SECONDS, inDays } from "time-descriptor";

const start = Date.now();
setInterval(() => {
  // Days running
  console.log(inDays(Date.now() - start));
}, 3 * MINUTES + 25 * SECONDS);

Setup

Get the package from npm and add it to your package.json.

yarn add time-descriptor

or if you preferr the npm way

npm install --save time-descriptor

Usecases

This package handles relative time. It is not meant to be a replacement for date-fns. I highly recommend to use date-fns, if you have complex calculations.

Relative time declaration

// Add 15 minutes to current timestamp
Date.now() + 15 * MINUTES;

Very specific time declaration

// 5 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 + 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000 + 12 * 60 * 1000
5 * DAYS + 3 * HOURS + 12 SECONDS

Conversion to decimal numbers

// 442800000 ms = 5.125 days
inDays(5 * DAYS + 3 * HOURS);

Additions

• This package package supports up to weeks, since everything beyond requires context, and I haven't found a smart solution for:
  Example: 1 * MONTH wich is <= 31 && >= 28