Custom Pipe | filter for calculating relative time

Question

During the learning process, I came across Creation of Custom Pipe, so I thought this will help.

Answer 1

Below is the code for custom pipe.

import{PipeTransform,Pipe} from '@angular/core';

@Pipe({
    name:'relativeTime'
})

export class RelativeTimeFilterPipe implements PipeTransform{

    transform(inputDate:string):string{
        var current = new Date().valueOf();
        var input = new Date(parseInt(inputDate)).valueOf();
        var msPerMinute = 60 * 1000;
        var msPerHour = msPerMinute * 60;
        var msPerDay = msPerHour * 24;
        var msPerMonth = msPerDay * 30;
        var msPerYear = msPerDay * 365;

        var elapsed = current - input;

        if (elapsed < msPerMinute) {
            return Math.round(elapsed / 1000) + ' seconds ago';
        }

        else if (elapsed < msPerHour) {
            return Math.round(elapsed / msPerMinute) + ' minutes ago';
        }

        else if (elapsed < msPerDay) {
            return Math.round(elapsed / msPerHour) + ' hours ago';
        }

        else if (elapsed < msPerMonth) {
            return 'approximately ' + Math.round(elapsed / msPerDay) + ' days ago';
        }

        else if (elapsed < msPerYear) {
            return 'approximately ' + Math.round(elapsed / msPerMonth) + ' months ago';
        }

        else {
            console.log('inside the if condition', elapsed);
            return 'approximately ' + Math.round(elapsed / msPerYear) + ' years ago';
        }

    }
}

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