Relative Time & Locale Date API
Humanise timestamps and format dates for any locale and timezone using full ICU. The relative endpoint turns an instant into a localised relative phrase against now (or a given reference time) — "3 hours ago", "vor 3 Stunden", "in 2 days", "il y a 5 minutes" — automatically choosing the best unit from seconds to years. The format endpoint renders a localised date/time string (e.g. "mardi 2 juin 2026 à 15:30" or "2026年6月2日 22:30:00"), honouring the locale (BCP 47), a named IANA timezone, the chosen date and time styles (full/long/medium/short) and 12/24-hour preference, and returns a parts breakdown for custom displays. Pass dates as ISO 8601 or unix timestamps. Everything is computed locally with no network calls. Ideal for internationalised UIs, activity feeds, notifications, comments and dashboards. A relative-time and locale date formatter — distinct from current-time-in-a-timezone (time), the UTC parse/token toolkit (datetime) and number/currency formatting (numberformat). No upstream key, no cache.
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