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1import type { LocalizedOptions } from "./types.js";
2/**
3 * The {@link formatDistance} function options.
4 */
5export interface FormatDistanceOptions
6 extends LocalizedOptions<"formatDistance"> {
7 /** Distances less than a minute are more detailed */
8 includeSeconds?: boolean;
9 /** Add "X ago"/"in X" in the locale language */
10 addSuffix?: boolean;
11}
12/**
13 * @name formatDistance
14 * @category Common Helpers
15 * @summary Return the distance between the given dates in words.
16 *
17 * @description
18 * Return the distance between the given dates in words.
19 *
20 * | Distance between dates | Result |
21 * |-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
22 * | 0 ... 30 secs | less than a minute |
23 * | 30 secs ... 1 min 30 secs | 1 minute |
24 * | 1 min 30 secs ... 44 mins 30 secs | [2..44] minutes |
25 * | 44 mins ... 30 secs ... 89 mins 30 secs | about 1 hour |
26 * | 89 mins 30 secs ... 23 hrs 59 mins 30 secs | about [2..24] hours |
27 * | 23 hrs 59 mins 30 secs ... 41 hrs 59 mins 30 secs | 1 day |
28 * | 41 hrs 59 mins 30 secs ... 29 days 23 hrs 59 mins 30 secs | [2..30] days |
29 * | 29 days 23 hrs 59 mins 30 secs ... 44 days 23 hrs 59 mins 30 secs | about 1 month |
30 * | 44 days 23 hrs 59 mins 30 secs ... 59 days 23 hrs 59 mins 30 secs | about 2 months |
31 * | 59 days 23 hrs 59 mins 30 secs ... 1 yr | [2..12] months |
32 * | 1 yr ... 1 yr 3 months | about 1 year |
33 * | 1 yr 3 months ... 1 yr 9 month s | over 1 year |
34 * | 1 yr 9 months ... 2 yrs | almost 2 years |
35 * | N yrs ... N yrs 3 months | about N years |
36 * | N yrs 3 months ... N yrs 9 months | over N years |
37 * | N yrs 9 months ... N+1 yrs | almost N+1 years |
38 *
39 * With `options.includeSeconds == true`:
40 * | Distance between dates | Result |
41 * |------------------------|----------------------|
42 * | 0 secs ... 5 secs | less than 5 seconds |
43 * | 5 secs ... 10 secs | less than 10 seconds |
44 * | 10 secs ... 20 secs | less than 20 seconds |
45 * | 20 secs ... 40 secs | half a minute |
46 * | 40 secs ... 60 secs | less than a minute |
47 * | 60 secs ... 90 secs | 1 minute |
48 *
49 * @typeParam DateType - The `Date` type, the function operates on. Gets inferred from passed arguments. Allows to use extensions like [`UTCDate`](https://github.com/date-fns/utc).
50 *
51 * @param date - The date
52 * @param baseDate - The date to compare with
53 * @param options - An object with options
54 *
55 * @returns The distance in words
56 *
57 * @throws `date` must not be Invalid Date
58 * @throws `baseDate` must not be Invalid Date
59 * @throws `options.locale` must contain `formatDistance` property
60 *
61 * @example
62 * // What is the distance between 2 July 2014 and 1 January 2015?
63 * const result = formatDistance(new Date(2014, 6, 2), new Date(2015, 0, 1))
64 * //=> '6 months'
65 *
66 * @example
67 * // What is the distance between 1 January 2015 00:00:15
68 * // and 1 January 2015 00:00:00, including seconds?
69 * const result = formatDistance(
70 * new Date(2015, 0, 1, 0, 0, 15),
71 * new Date(2015, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0),
72 * { includeSeconds: true }
73 * )
74 * //=> 'less than 20 seconds'
75 *
76 * @example
77 * // What is the distance from 1 January 2016
78 * // to 1 January 2015, with a suffix?
79 * const result = formatDistance(new Date(2015, 0, 1), new Date(2016, 0, 1), {
80 * addSuffix: true
81 * })
82 * //=> 'about 1 year ago'
83 *
84 * @example
85 * // What is the distance between 1 August 2016 and 1 January 2015 in Esperanto?
86 * import { eoLocale } from 'date-fns/locale/eo'
87 * const result = formatDistance(new Date(2016, 7, 1), new Date(2015, 0, 1), {
88 * locale: eoLocale
89 * })
90 * //=> 'pli ol 1 jaro'
91 */
92export declare function formatDistance<DateType extends Date>(
93 date: DateType | number | string,
94 baseDate: DateType | number | string,
95 options?: FormatDistanceOptions,
96): string;