Welcome to whenwords

This is the documentation page for whenwords, an open source library without code.

What is whenwords?

whenwords is a relative time formatting library that contains no code. Instead, it provides specifications and tests that can be used to generate implementations in any programming language.

Features

whenwords delivers the following functions:

timeago — Converts timestamps to relative time strings
duration — Formats seconds as human-readable durations
parse_duration — Parses duration strings into seconds
human_date — Returns contextual date strings
date_range — Formats smart date ranges

Try it Now

Check out the JavaScript Playground to see all five APIs in action with live, interactive examples running in your browser.

Learn More

Visit the GitHub repository to explore the specifications and tests.

A software library with no code 🚀