function dateToHowManyAgo(stringDate){
    var currDate = new Date();
    var diffMs=currDate.getTime() - new Date(stringDate).getTime();
    var sec=diffMs/1000;
    if(sec<60)
        return parseInt(sec)+' second'+(parseInt(sec)>1?'s':'')+' ago';
    var min=sec/60;
    if(min<60)
        return parseInt(min)+' minute'+(parseInt(min)>1?'s':'')+' ago';
    var h=min/60;
    if(h<24)
        return parseInt(h)+' hour'+(parseInt(h)>1?'s':'')+' ago';
    var d=h/24;
    if(d<30)
        return parseInt(d)+' day'+(parseInt(d)>1?'s':'')+' ago';
    var m=d/30;
    if(m<12)
        return parseInt(m)+' month'+(parseInt(m)>1?'s':'')+' ago';
    var y=m/12;
    return parseInt(y)+' year'+(parseInt(y)>1?'s':'')+' ago';
}
console.log(dateToHowManyAgo('2019-11-07 19:17:06'));

这是我的版本，它既适用于过去的日期，也适用于未来的日期。 它使用Intl。RelativeTimeFormat提供本地化字符串，而不是硬编码字符串。 您可以将日期作为时间戳、日期对象或可解析的日期字符串传递。

/** * Human readable elapsed or remaining time (example: 3 minutes ago) * @param {Date|Number|String} date A Date object, timestamp or string parsable with Date.parse() * @param {Date|Number|String} [nowDate] A Date object, timestamp or string parsable with Date.parse() * @param {Intl.RelativeTimeFormat} [trf] A Intl formater * @return {string} Human readable elapsed or remaining time * @author github.com/victornpb * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/67338038/938822 */ function fromNow(date, nowDate = Date.now(), rft = new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat(undefined, { numeric: "auto" })) { const SECOND = 1000; const MINUTE = 60 * SECOND; const HOUR = 60 * MINUTE; const DAY = 24 * HOUR; const WEEK = 7 * DAY; const MONTH = 30 * DAY; const YEAR = 365 * DAY; const intervals = [ { ge: YEAR, divisor: YEAR, unit: 'year' }, { ge: MONTH, divisor: MONTH, unit: 'month' }, { ge: WEEK, divisor: WEEK, unit: 'week' }, { ge: DAY, divisor: DAY, unit: 'day' }, { ge: HOUR, divisor: HOUR, unit: 'hour' }, { ge: MINUTE, divisor: MINUTE, unit: 'minute' }, { ge: 30 * SECOND, divisor: SECOND, unit: 'seconds' }, { ge: 0, divisor: 1, text: 'just now' }, ]; const now = typeof nowDate === 'object' ? nowDate.getTime() : new Date(nowDate).getTime(); const diff = now - (typeof date === 'object' ? date : new Date(date)).getTime(); const diffAbs = Math.abs(diff); for (const interval of intervals) { if (diffAbs >= interval.ge) { const x = Math.round(Math.abs(diff) / interval.divisor); const isFuture = diff < 0; return interval.unit ? rft.format(isFuture ? x : -x, interval.unit) : interval.text; } } }

// examples
fromNow('2020-01-01') // 9 months ago
fromNow(161651684156) // 4 days ago
fromNow(new Date()-1) // just now
fromNow(30000 + Date.now()) // in 30 seconds
fromNow(Date.now() + (1000*60*60*24)) // in 1 day
fromNow(new Date('2029-12-01Z00:00:00.000')) // in 9 years

不使用Intl的替代方法。RelativeTimeFormat

/** * Human readable elapsed or remaining time (example: 3 minutes ago) * @param {Date|Number|String} date A Date object, timestamp or string parsable with Date.parse() * @return {string} Human readable elapsed or remaining time * @author github.com/victornpb * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/67338038/938822 */ function fromNow(date) { const SECOND = 1000; const MINUTE = 60 * SECOND; const HOUR = 60 * MINUTE; const DAY = 24 * HOUR; const WEEK = 7 * DAY; const MONTH = 30 * DAY; const YEAR = 365 * DAY; const units = [ { max: 30 * SECOND, divisor: 1, past1: 'just now', pastN: 'just now', future1: 'just now', futureN: 'just now' }, { max: MINUTE, divisor: SECOND, past1: 'a second ago', pastN: '# seconds ago', future1: 'in a second', futureN: 'in # seconds' }, { max: HOUR, divisor: MINUTE, past1: 'a minute ago', pastN: '# minutes ago', future1: 'in a minute', futureN: 'in # minutes' }, { max: DAY, divisor: HOUR, past1: 'an hour ago', pastN: '# hours ago', future1: 'in an hour', futureN: 'in # hours' }, { max: WEEK, divisor: DAY, past1: 'yesterday', pastN: '# days ago', future1: 'tomorrow', futureN: 'in # days' }, { max: 4 * WEEK, divisor: WEEK, past1: 'last week', pastN: '# weeks ago', future1: 'in a week', futureN: 'in # weeks' }, { max: YEAR, divisor: MONTH, past1: 'last month', pastN: '# months ago', future1: 'in a month', futureN: 'in # months' }, { max: 100 * YEAR, divisor: YEAR, past1: 'last year', pastN: '# years ago', future1: 'in a year', futureN: 'in # years' }, { max: 1000 * YEAR, divisor: 100 * YEAR, past1: 'last century', pastN: '# centuries ago', future1: 'in a century', futureN: 'in # centuries' }, { max: Infinity, divisor: 1000 * YEAR, past1: 'last millennium', pastN: '# millennia ago', future1: 'in a millennium', futureN: 'in # millennia' }, ]; const diff = Date.now() - (typeof date === 'object' ? date : new Date(date)).getTime(); const diffAbs = Math.abs(diff); for (const unit of units) { if (diffAbs < unit.max) { const isFuture = diff < 0; const x = Math.round(Math.abs(diff) / unit.divisor); if (x <= 1) return isFuture ? unit.future1 : unit.past1; return (isFuture ? unit.futureN : unit.pastN).replace('#', x); } } };

这应该正确地处理任何有效的时间戳，包括Date.now()、单数单位和未来日期。我漏掉了月份，但是这些月份应该很容易加进去。我尽量保持它的可读性。

function getTimeInterval(date) { let seconds = Math.floor((Date.now() - date) / 1000); let unit = "second"; let direction = "ago"; if (seconds < 0) { seconds = -seconds; direction = "from now"; } let value = seconds; if (seconds >= 31536000) { value = Math.floor(seconds / 31536000); unit = "year"; } else if (seconds >= 86400) { value = Math.floor(seconds / 86400); unit = "day"; } else if (seconds >= 3600) { value = Math.floor(seconds / 3600); unit = "hour"; } else if (seconds >= 60) { value = Math.floor(seconds / 60); unit = "minute"; } if (value != 1) unit = unit + "s"; return value + " " + unit + " " + direction; } console.log(getTimeInterval(Date.now())); // 0 seconds ago console.log(getTimeInterval(Date.now() + 1000)); // 1 second from now console.log(getTimeInterval(Date.now() - 1000)); // 1 second ago console.log(getTimeInterval(Date.now() + 60000)); // 1 minute from now console.log(getTimeInterval(Date.now() - 120000)); // 2 minutes ago console.log(getTimeInterval(Date.now() + 120000)); // 2 minutes from now console.log(getTimeInterval(Date.now() + 3600000)); // 1 hour from now console.log(getTimeInterval(Date.now() + 360000000000)); // 11 years from now console.log(getTimeInterval(0)); // 49 years ago

我还没有检查(虽然这并不难)，但我认为Stack Exchange站点使用jquery。Timeago插件来创建这些时间字符串。

这个插件使用起来很简单，而且很干净，还能自动更新。

下面是一个简单的例子(来自插件的主页):

First, load jQuery and the plugin: <script src="jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="jquery.timeago.js" type="text/javascript"></script> Now, let's attach it to your timestamps on DOM ready: jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery("abbr.timeago").timeago(); }); This will turn all abbr elements with a class of timeago and an ISO 8601 timestamp in the title: <abbr class="timeago" title="2008-07-17T09:24:17Z">July 17, 2008</abbr> into something like this: <abbr class="timeago" title="July 17, 2008">about a year ago</abbr> which yields: about a year ago. As time passes, the timestamps will automatically update.

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'

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`;
}