# timeago: a jQuery plugin [![NPM](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/timeago.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/timeago) [![Bower](https://img.shields.io/bower/v/jquery-timeago.svg)](http://bower.io/search/?q=jquery-timeago) Timeago is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically updating fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago" or "about 1 day ago") from ISO 8601 formatted dates and times embedded in your HTML (à la microformats). --- **How You Can Help** [![Square Cash](http://img.shields.io/badge/square%20cash-$rmm5t-brightgreen.svg)][square] [![PayPal](http://img.shields.io/badge/paypal-rmm5t-blue.svg)][paypal] [![Book a Codementor session](http://img.shields.io/badge/codementor-book%20a%20session-orange.svg)][codementor] If you like this project, [buy me a coffee][paypal], or [book a session with me][codementor], or donate bitcoin: `1rmm5tv6f997JK5bLcGbRCZyVjZUPkQ2m` [square]: https://cash.me/$rmm5t/5 "Donate to rmm5t for open source!" 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[![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/rmm5t.svg?style=social)](https://twitter.com/rmm5t) [![Stack Overflow](https://img.shields.io/stackexchange/stackoverflow/r/8985.svg?style=social)](http://stackoverflow.com/users/8985/ryan-mcgeary) ## Usage First, load jQuery and the plugin: ```html ``` Now, let's attach it to your timestamps on DOM ready - put this in the head section: ```html ``` This will turn all `` elements with a class of `timeago` and a `datetime` attribute formatted according to the [ISO 8601](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) standard: ```html December 17, 2011 ``` into something like this: ```html about 1 day ago ``` `` elements are also supported (this is for [legacy microformat support](http://microformats.org/wiki/datetime-design-pattern) and was originally supported by the library before the `time` element was introduced to HTML5): ```html December 17, 2011 ``` As time passes, the timestamps will automatically update. If you want to update a timestamp programatically later, call the `update` function with a new ISO8601 timestamp of `Date` object. For example: ```javascript $("time#some_id").timeago("update", "2013-12-17T09:24:17Z"); // or $("time#some_id").timeago("update", new Date()); ``` **For more usage and examples**: [http://timeago.yarp.com/](http://timeago.yarp.com/) **For different language configurations**: visit the [`locales`](https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/tree/master/locales) directory. ## Settings **`cutoff`** : Return the original date if time distance is older than `cutoff` (miliseconds). ```javascript // Display original dates older than 24 hours jQuery.timeago.settings.cutoff = 1000*60*60*24; ``` ## Changes | Version | Notes | |---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1.6.x | ([compare][compare-1.6]) Wraped locales in UMD wrappers; locale improvements | | 1.5.x | ([compare][compare-1.5]) Added Date as argument to update function; locales | | 1.4.x | ([compare][compare-1.4]) Added allowPast setting; locale updates | | 1.3.x | ([compare][compare-1.3]) Added updateFromDOM function; bug fixes; bower support | | 1.2.x | ([compare][compare-1.2]) Added cutoff setting; locale updates | | 1.1.x | ([compare][compare-1.1]) Added update function; locale updates | | 1.0.x | ([compare][compare-1.0]) locale updates; bug fixes; AMD wrapper | | 0.11.x | ([compare][compare-0.11]) natural rounding; locale updates; | | 0.10.x | ([compare][compare-0.10]) locale updates | | 0.9.x | ([compare][compare-0.9]) microsecond support; bug fixes | | 0.8.x | ([compare][compare-0.8]) `` element support; bug fixes | | 0.7.x | ([compare][compare-0.7]) locale function overrides; unit tests | | ... | ... | [compare-1.6]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v1.5.4...v1.6.7 [compare-1.5]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v1.4.3...v1.5.4 [compare-1.4]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v1.3.2...v1.4.3 [compare-1.3]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.2 [compare-1.2]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0 [compare-1.1]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v1.0.2...v1.1.0 [compare-1.0]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v0.11.4...v1.0.2 [compare-0.11]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v0.10.1...v0.11.4 [compare-0.10]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v0.9.3...v0.10.1 [compare-0.9]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v0.8.2...v0.9.3 [compare-0.8]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v0.7.2...v0.8.2 [compare-0.7]: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/compare/v0.6.2...v0.7.2 ## Author [Ryan McGeary](http://ryan.mcgeary.org) ([@rmm5t](http://twitter.com/rmm5t)) ## License [MIT License](https://rmm5t.mit-license.org/)

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