Relative Time

Example

10s

This component is unstyled by default.

		<RelativeTime date={new Date(Date.now() - 10000)} locale="en-US" />

Displays a timestamp as a human-readable relative time string (e.g. "5 minutes ago") that updates live.

Property Type Description

date required

union

The date to display relative to now. Can be a Date object or a Unix timestamp.

locale required

string

The locale for formatting (e.g. 'en', 'de').

live

boolean

Whether to automatically update the displayed time. Default: true

class

string

Additional CSS classes to apply. Default: —

Property

date

locale

live

class