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Date-fns format distance is not in correct words

I am facing a problem with the UI and want to show the timestamp distance into 3 hours ago and 4 hours ago etc. The timestamp coming from the server with a property named createdAt which has the following value.

createdAt: "2021-10-27T05:24:37.642Z"

To solve this problem I am using library like date-fns v2.25.0 builtin function formatDistance.

import { formatDistance} from 'date-fns';

const timestamp = createdAt ? new Date(createdAt) : '';
console.log(formatDistance(Date.now(), timestamp, {addSuffix: true}));

But it is giving back the distance in the following words

in about 3 hours
in about 4 hours

instead of

3 hours ago
4 hours ago

What I am doing wrong? If you know any other good library please you can share.

Solution

  • Reverse the arguments:

    console.log(formatDistance(timestamp, Date.now(), {addSuffix: true}));