import type { RelativeRoundingMethod } from "../../types/index.js";
type RelativeUnit = "year" | "month" | "week" | "day" | "hour" | "minute" | "second";
export interface FormatRelativeUnixOptions {
    style?: "long" | "short" | "narrow";
    numeric?: "always" | "auto";
    largestUnit?: RelativeUnit;
    /**
     * How the computed distance rounds to the display unit: "floor" rounds toward the
     * earlier boundary, "ceil" toward the later boundary, "round" (default) to the nearest —
     * matches current behavior when omitted.
     */
    roundingMethod?: RelativeRoundingMethod;
    epochUnit?: "milliseconds" | "seconds";
    reference?: string | number;
    timeZone?: string;
}
/**
 * Format the relative time between a unix epoch value and a reference instant.
 *
 * - Auto-picks the display unit (second through year) based on the distance, unless
 *   `largestUnit` forces one.
 * - `roundingMethod` controls how the distance rounds to the display unit.
 *
 * @param value unix epoch (string or number, per `epochUnit`) to format
 * @param locale optional: BCP 47 locale tag
 * @param options optional: { style, numeric, largestUnit, roundingMethod, epochUnit, reference, timeZone }
 * @returns the formatted relative-time string, or "" on invalid input
 *
 * @example formatRelativeUnix(1710685845000, "en-US", { epochUnit: "milliseconds" }) // "3 years ago"
 * @example formatRelativeUnix(value, "en-US", { roundingMethod: "floor" }) // rounds toward the earlier boundary
 * @example formatRelativeUnix("not-a-number") // ""
 */
export declare function formatRelativeUnix(value: string | number, locale?: string, options?: FormatRelativeUnixOptions): string;
export {};