moment-shortformat v2.1.0

Short Date Formatter

moment-shortformat.js is an extension to moment.js that formats dates in a short format like it's used on ResearchGate.

It works for both negative and positive time differences.

Usage

Works with AMD, CommonJS and browser environments.

// AMD
define(['moment-shortformat'], function(moment) { moment().short() });

// CommonJS
var moment = require('moment-shortformat');
moment().short()

<!-- Browser -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/moment.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/moment-shortformat.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    moment().short();
</script>

Works on both past and future dates.

Methods

moment().short(Boolean, now)

Short formatting the time difference and prefixing or suffixing the formatted time by using moment.js relativeTime templates future and past. (default in %s and %s ago)

If the boolean parameter is set to true the date format will not be prefixed or suffixed.

If the now parameter is set to a moment() it will use that as the "now" difference

Examples:

Formats time relative to current time.

moment(moment() + (36e5 * 5)).short() // in 5h
moment(moment() - (36e5 * 5)).short() // 5h ago
moment(moment() + (36e5 * 5)).short(true) // 5h
moment(moment() - (36e5 * 5)).short(true) // 5h

Times greater than 1 week are converted to dates like Mar 7, or if the year of the date does not match the current year it is convert to Mar 7, 2031

moment(moment() + 6048e5).short()
// Mar 7

Using a different "now"

moment(moment() + (36e5 * 5)).short(false, moment() + (36e5 * 3)) // in 2h