how to use the formatdistancetonow function from the date-fns library in typescript

To use the formatDistanceToNow function from the date-fns library in TypeScript, you can install the library and import the function as follows:

index.ts
import { formatDistanceToNow } from 'date-fns';
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Once you have imported the function, you can use it in your code to get the distance between a given date and the current date. The formatDistanceToNow function takes two parameters: a date to format, and an object with formatting options.

Here's an example of how you can use the formatDistanceToNow function in TypeScript:

index.ts
const someDate = new Date('2022-01-01T00:00:00Z');
const distance = formatDistanceToNow(someDate, { addSuffix: true });
console.log(distance); // logs 'in 10 months'
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In this example, we first define a someDate variable with a specific date. We then use the formatDistanceToNow function to get the distance between someDate and the current date. We pass an options object as the second parameter to add a suffix to the output.

The formatDistanceToNow function provides a lot of customization options for formatting the distance, so be sure to check out the date-fns documentation for more information.