function mdiv(dividend, divisor) {
    return [ Math.floor(dividend/divisor), dividend % divisor ];
}
// pass in milliseconds, gained by Date1.getTime() - Date2.getTime()
// if max_units is two, the result will be, for example
// 2years 12months ago, or 2hours 38minutes ago
// return formated period

function readable_period(ms, max_units=2){
    let [yy, yr] = mdiv(ms, 3.154e10);
    let [mm, mr] = mdiv(yr, 2.628e9);
    let [dd, dr] = mdiv(mr, 8.64e7);
    let [hh, hr] = mdiv(dr, 3.6e6);
    let [tt, ss] = mdiv(hr, 6e4);

    var ymdht = ['year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute'];
    let res = [];
    [yy, mm, dd, hh, tt].forEach((tis, ii)=>{
        if(res.length === max_units){return};
        if(tis !== 0){
            res.push(tis === 1 ? `${tis}${ymdht[ii]}` : `${tis}${ymdht[ii]}s`);
        }
    });
    return res.length === 0 ? '' : res.join(' ') + ' ago';
}

可读性强且跨浏览器兼容的代码:

@Travis给出的

var DURATION_IN_SECONDS = { epochs: ['year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute'], year: 31536000, month: 2592000, day: 86400, hour: 3600, minute: 60 }; function getDuration(seconds) { var epoch, interval; for (var i = 0; i < DURATION_IN_SECONDS.epochs.length; i++) { epoch = DURATION_IN_SECONDS.epochs[i]; interval = Math.floor(seconds / DURATION_IN_SECONDS[epoch]); if (interval >= 1) { return { interval: interval, epoch: epoch }; } } }; function timeSince(date) { var seconds = Math.floor((new Date() - new Date(date)) / 1000); var duration = getDuration(seconds); var suffix = (duration.interval > 1 || duration.interval === 0) ? 's' : ''; return duration.interval + ' ' + duration.epoch + suffix; }; alert(timeSince('2015-09-17T18:53:23'));

Lokely使用的一个简短版本:

const intervals = [
  { label: 'year', seconds: 31536000 },
  { label: 'month', seconds: 2592000 },
  { label: 'day', seconds: 86400 },
  { label: 'hour', seconds: 3600 },
  { label: 'minute', seconds: 60 },
  { label: 'second', seconds: 1 }
];

function timeSince(date) {
  const seconds = Math.floor((Date.now() - date.getTime()) / 1000);
  const interval = intervals.find(i => i.seconds < seconds);
  const count = Math.floor(seconds / interval.seconds);
  return `${count} ${interval.label}${count !== 1 ? 's' : ''} ago`;
}

简单易读版本:

const relativeTimePeriods = [
    [31536000, 'year'],
    [2419200, 'month'],
    [604800, 'week'],
    [86400, 'day'],
    [3600, 'hour'],
    [60, 'minute'],
    [1, 'second']
];

function relativeTime(date, isUtc=true) {
    if (!(date instanceof Date)) date = new Date(date * 1000);
    const seconds = (new Date() - date) / 1000;
    for (let [secondsPer, name] of relativeTimePeriods) {
        if (seconds >= secondsPer) {
            const amount = Math.floor(seconds / secondsPer);
            return `${amount} ${name}${amount ? 's' : ''}s ago`;
        }
    }
    return 'Just now';
}

如果你已经在使用date-fns，你可以使用内置的formatDistance(以前是distanceInWords):

const date1 = new Date(2014, 6, 2);
const date2 = new Date(2015, 0, 1);
const options = { addSuffix: true }
const result = formatDistance(date1, date2, options);
//=> '6 months ago'

回答10年的老问题，帮助新人。

我们可以将这个包用于javascript时间之前

 
// Load locale-specific relative date/time formatting rules.
import en from 'javascript-time-ago/locale/en'
 
// Add locale-specific relative date/time formatting rules.
TimeAgo.addLocale(en)
 
// Create relative date/time formatter.
const timeAgo = new TimeAgo('en-US')
 
timeAgo.format(new Date())
// "just now"
 
timeAgo.format(Date.now() - 60 * 1000)
// "a minute ago"
 
timeAgo.format(Date.now() - 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
// "2 hours ago"
 
timeAgo.format(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
// "a day ago"