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updatedAt: 2025-09-22T23:30:32.000Z
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# Time ago snippet guide
This quick guide demonstrates how to create a JavaScript snippet that converts date times into hours, days, minutes, and seconds from the current moment.
## Steps
1. Create a Budibase internal table this should include some form of date (In my case I will theme this around a blog)
2. Add data to your table
3. Go to the design screen and add a [Card block](https://docs.budibase.com/docs/card)
4. Fill in the relevant bindings for Title, description etc
5. Go to the subtitle bindable area.
6. Switch the tab from text to javaScript
7. Click on the `` icon and create a new snippet called `timeago`
8. Paste the below code into it and click save
```Text JavaScript
return function(pastTimeString) {
const pastTime = new Date(pastTimeString);
const now = new Date();
const delta = now - pastTime;
const days = Math.floor(delta / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
const hours = Math.floor((delta % (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) / (1000 * 60 * 60));
const minutes = Math.floor((delta % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
const seconds = Math.floor((delta % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);
const timeStrings = [];
if (days > 0) {
timeStrings.push(`${days} days`);
}
if (hours > 0) {
timeStrings.push(`${hours} hours`);
}
if (minutes > 0) {
timeStrings.push(`${minutes} minutes`);
}
if (seconds > 0) {
timeStrings.push(`${seconds} seconds`);
}
if (timeStrings.length === 0) {
return "just now";
} else if (timeStrings.length === 1) {
return timeStrings[0];
} else {
return timeStrings.slice(0, -1).join(', ') + ', and ' + timeStrings.slice(-1) + ' ago';
}
}
```
9. Click the snippet and add the date binding you wish to use inside its brackets
10. Then click save
## The end result!