Format Timestamp as Relative Time

Converts a timestamp into a human-readable relative time string (e.g., "3 days ago", "2 hours ago"). For older dates (60+ days), returns absolute date format.

format_relative_time(timestamp)

Arguments

timestamp

POSIXct timestamp, Date, or parseable date string

Value

Character string with formatted relative time

Examples

format_relative_time(Sys.time() - 3600) # "1 hour ago"
#> [1] "1 hour"
format_relative_time("2024-01-15") # "Jan 2024"
#> [1] "1 year"