svelte-time is a Svelte component and action to make a timestamp human-readable while encoding the machine-parseable value in the semantic time element.
Under the hood, it uses day.js, a lightweight date-time library.
<!-- Input -->
<Time relative />
<!-- Output rendered in the DOM -->
<time title="May 15, 2022" datetime="2022-05-15T18:03:57.430Z">
a few seconds ago
</time>Try it in the Svelte REPL.
# npm
npm i -D svelte-time
# pnpm
pnpm i -D svelte-time dayjs
# Bun
bun i -D svelte-time
# Yarn
yarn add -D svelte-timeNote that pnpm users must also install dayjs.
The displayed time defaults to new Date().toISOString() and is formatted as "MMM DD, YYYY".
<script>
import Time from "svelte-time";
</script>
<Time />The timestamp prop can be any of the following dayjs values: string | number | Date | Dayjs.
<Time timestamp="2020-02-01" />
<Time timestamp={new Date()} />
<Time timestamp={1e10} />Use the format prop to format the timestamp. Refer to the dayjs format documentation for acceptable formats.
<Time timestamp="2020-02-01" format="dddd @ h:mm A · MMMM D, YYYY" />
<Time timestamp={new Date()} format="YYYY/MM/DD" />
<Time timestamp={1e10} format="ddd" />Set the relative prop value to true for the relative time displayed in a human-readable format.
<Time relative />
<Time relative timestamp="2021-02-02" />
<Time relative timestamp={1e10} />When using relative time, the title attribute will display a formatted timestamp.
Use the format prop to customize the format.
<Time relative format="dddd @ h:mm A · MMMM D, YYYY" />When using relative, the time element will set the formatted timestamp as the title attribute. Specify a custom title to override this.
<Time relative title="Custom title" />Set the value to undefined to omit the title altogether.
<Time relative title={undefined} />Set live to true for a live updating relative timestamp. The default refresh interval is 60 seconds.
<Time live relative />To customize the interval, pass a value to live in milliseconds (ms).
<!-- Update every 30 seconds -->
<Time live={30 * 1_000} relative />
<!-- Update every 10 minutes -->
<Time live={10 * 60 * 1_000} relative />An alternative to the Time component is to use the svelteTime action to format a timestamp in a raw HTML element.
The API is the same as the Time component.
<script>
import { svelteTime } from "svelte-time";
</script>
<time use:svelteTime />
<time
use:svelteTime={{
timestamp: "2021-02-02",
format: "dddd @ h:mm A · MMMM D, YYYY",
}}
/>Set relative to true to use relative time.
<time
use:svelteTime={{
relative: true,
timestamp: "2021-02-02",
}}
/>
<time
use:svelteTime={{
relative: true,
timestamp: "2021-02-02",
format: "dddd @ h:mm A · MMMM D, YYYY",
}}
/>To customize or omit the title attribute, use the title prop.
<time
use:svelteTime={{
relative: true,
title: "Custom title",
timestamp: "2021-02-02",
}}
/>
<time
use:svelteTime={{
relative: true,
title: undefined,
timestamp: "2021-02-02",
}}
/>Similar to the Time component, the live prop only works with relative time.
<time
use:svelteTime={{
relative: true,
live: true,
}}
/>Specify a custom update interval using the live prop.
<time
use:svelteTime={{
relative: true,
live: 30 * 1_000, // Update every 30 seconds
}}
/>The dayjs library is exported from this package for your convenience.
Note: the exported dayjs function already extends the relativeTime plugin.
<script>
import { dayjs } from "svelte-time";
let timestamp = "";
</script>
<button on:click={() => (timestamp = dayjs().format("HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS"))}>
Update {timestamp}
</button>The default dayjs locale is English. No other locale is loaded by default for performance reasons.
To use a custome locale, import the relevant language from dayjs. See a list of supported locales.
<script>
import "dayjs/locale/de"; // German locale
import Time, { dayjs } from "svelte-time";
</script>
<Time timestamp={dayjs().locale("de")} />Use the dayjs.locale method to set a custom locale as the default.
<script>
import "dayjs/locale/de"; // German locale
import { dayjs } from "svelte-time";
// Set the default locale to German.
dayjs.locale("de");
</script>To use a custom timezone, import the utc and timezone plugins from dayjs.
<script>
import utc from "dayjs/plugin/utc";
import timezone from "dayjs/plugin/timezone";
import Time, { dayjs } from "svelte-time";
dayjs.extend(utc);
dayjs.extend(timezone);
</script>
<Time
timestamp={dayjs("2013-11-18 11:55:20").tz("America/Toronto")}
format="YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss"
/>Use the dayjs.tz.setDefault method to set a custom timezone as the default.
<script>
import utc from "dayjs/plugin/utc";
import timezone from "dayjs/plugin/timezone";
import Time, { dayjs } from "svelte-time";
dayjs.extend(utc);
dayjs.extend(timezone);
dayjs.tz.setDefault("America/New_York");
</script>Use the dayjs.ts.guess method to guess the user's timezone.
import utc from "dayjs/plugin/utc";
import timezone from "dayjs/plugin/timezone";
dayjs.extend(utc);
dayjs.extend(timezone);
dayjs.tz.guess(); // America/New_YorkTo retrieve the abbreviated time zone, extend the advancedFormat plugin.
import utc from "dayjs/plugin/utc";
import timezone from "dayjs/plugin/timezone";
+ import advancedFormat from "dayjs/plugin/advancedFormat";
import { dayjs } from "svelte-time";
dayjs.extend(utc);
dayjs.extend(timezone);
+ dayjs.extend(advancedFormat);Then, use the dayjs().local method to get the user's local time zone and format it using the "z" advanced option.
dayjs().local().format("z"); // EST
dayjs().local().format("zzz"); // Eastern Standard Time| Name | Type | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| timestamp | string | number | Date | Dayjs |
new Date().toISOString() |
| format | string |
"MMM DD, YYYY" (See dayjs display format) |
| relative | boolean |
false |
| live | boolean | number |
false |
| formatted | string |
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