From a484810d2fddfde4f67acbbd36acc866f713f1f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Nuding <max.nuding@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 13:27:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #6: Display relative timestamps

---
 src/lib/components/PostComponent.svelte | 20 +++++++++++--
 src/lib/relativeTime.ts                 | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/routes/+page.svelte                 |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/relativeTime.ts

diff --git a/src/lib/components/PostComponent.svelte b/src/lib/components/PostComponent.svelte
index 5bc09d2..f15245a 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/PostComponent.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/PostComponent.svelte
@@ -2,10 +2,24 @@
   import type { Post } from '$lib/mastodon/response';
   import AvatarComponent from '$lib/components/AvatarComponent.svelte';
   import AccountComponent from '$lib/components/AccountComponent.svelte';
+  import { secondsSince, relativeTime } from '$lib/relativeTime';
+  import { onMount } from "svelte";
 
   export let post: Post;
-  let dateCreated: string;
-  $: dateCreated = new Date(post.created_at).toLocaleString();
+  let displayRelativeTime = false;
+  const absoluteDate = new Date(post.created_at).toLocaleString();
+  let dateCreated = absoluteDate;
+  const timePassed = secondsSince(new Date(post.created_at));
+  $: if(displayRelativeTime) {
+    dateCreated = relativeTime($timePassed) ?? absoluteDate;
+  }
+
+  onMount(() => {
+    // Display relative time only after mount:
+    // When JS is disabled the server-side rendered absolute date will be shown,
+    // otherwise the relative date would be outdated very quickly
+    displayRelativeTime = true;
+  })
 </script>
 
 
@@ -14,7 +28,7 @@
   <div class="post">
     <div class="meta">
       <AccountComponent account={post.account} />
-      <small><a href={post.url} target="_blank">{dateCreated}</a></small>
+      <small><a href={post.url} target="_blank" title="{absoluteDate}">{dateCreated}</a></small>
     </div>
     <div class="content">{@html post.content}</div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/lib/relativeTime.ts b/src/lib/relativeTime.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0955c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/relativeTime.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { derived, readable, type Readable } from 'svelte/store';
+
+export const time = readable(new Date(), function start(set) {
+  const interval = setInterval(() => {
+    set(new Date());
+  }, 10000); //Every 10sec is enough, we don't need that much granularity
+
+  return function stop() {
+    clearInterval(interval);
+  };
+});
+
+export function secondsSince(date: Date): Readable<number> {
+  return derived(
+    time,
+    $time => Math.round(($time.getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000)
+  );
+}
+
+export function relativeTime(seconds: number): string | null {
+  const min = 60;
+  if (seconds < min) {
+    return 'just now';
+  }
+
+  const hour = 60 * min;
+  if (seconds < hour) {
+    return `${Math.floor(seconds / min)}min`;
+  }
+
+  const day = hour * 24;
+  if (seconds < day) {
+    return `${(Math.floor(seconds / hour))}h`;
+  }
+  const maxRelative = day * 31;
+  if (seconds < maxRelative) {
+    return `${seconds % day}d`;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.svelte b/src/routes/+page.svelte
index 97dbe9e..bd4e83e 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let loadingOlderPosts = false;
 // Needed, so that edgeFly() can do its thing:
 // To determine whether a newly loaded post is older than the existing ones, is required to know what the oldest
 // post was, before the fetch happened.
-let oldestBeforeLastFetch: number | null = null;
+let oldestBeforeLastFetch: number | null = null;
 
 /**
  * Animate either from the top, or the bottom of the window, depending if the post is