Svelte Time
Svelte component and action to format a timestamp using day.js
Overview
The svelte-time npm package is a utility that allows developers to format timestamps using the day.js library. It provides both a declarative Svelte component and an action for easily formatting timestamps in a Svelte application. This package is useful for displaying timestamps in a human-readable and customizable format.
Features
- Svelte Component: Provides a declarative Svelte component for formatting timestamps using day.js.
- Svelte Action: Offers an action that can be used to format a timestamp in a raw HTML element.
- Flexible Timestamp Formats: Supports a variety of day.js values for the timestamp prop, including strings, numbers, Dates, and Dayjs objects.
- Relative Time: Allows for displaying timestamps as human-readable relative time (e.g., "4 days ago").
- Live Updates: Provides an option for live updating relative timestamps, with a default refresh interval of 60 seconds.
- Customizable Format: Allows developers to customize the format of the formatted timestamp using the format prop.
- Custom Locale: Supports loading a custom locale and setting it as the default locale using the dayjs.locale API.
Summary
- Svelte
Svelte is a modern front-end framework that compiles your code at build time, resulting in smaller and faster applications. It uses a reactive approach to update the DOM, allowing for high performance and a smoother user experience.
- Vite
Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.
