Overview
A Flutter/Dart package that implements MomentJS's calendar time formatting, offering intuitive relative time displays like 'in 2 hours' or '2 days ago'. It includes additional helper methods for date manipulation and formatting, making it easier to work with timestamps in user-facing applications. Designed for cross-platform use, it supports Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux. The package simplifies the presentation of time differences in a human-readable format, enhancing UX in apps requiring dynamic time displays.
Use cases
- Displaying relative timestamps in chat apps
- Showing post or activity ages in social feeds
- Formatting time differences in notifications
- Enhancing user experience with readable time labels
- Simplifying date logic in task management apps
Key features
- MomentJS-style calendar time formatting
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Helper methods for date operations
- Human-readable time expressions
- Easy integration via pub add command
Suitable for
- Apps needing relative time displays
- Developers familiar with MomentJS
- Projects requiring consistent time formatting
- UI-heavy applications with real-time updates
- Teams prioritizing developer productivity
Considerations
- Requires understanding of relative time concepts
- May need localization setup for non-English locales
- Limited to time formatting—no full date parsing
- Depends on Dart's core DateTime class
- Not suitable for complex date arithmetic