sugar/date/internal/getAdjustedUnitForDate.js

A Javascript utility library for working with native objects.

'use strict';

var getNewDate = require('./getNewDate'),
    mathAliases = require('../../common/var/mathAliases'),
    getAdjustedUnit = require('./getAdjustedUnit'),
    getTimeDistanceForUnit = require('./getTimeDistanceForUnit');

var abs = mathAliases.abs;

function getAdjustedUnitForDate(d, dRelative) {
  var ms;
  if (!dRelative) {
    dRelative = getNewDate();
    if (d > dRelative) {
      // If our date is greater than the one that we got from getNewDate, it
      // means that we are finding the unit for a date that is in the future
      // relative to now. However, often the incoming date was created in
      // the same cycle as our comparison, but our "now" date will have been
      // created an instant after it, creating situations where "5 minutes from
      // now" becomes "4 minutes from now" in the same tick. To prevent this,
      // subtract a buffer of 10ms to compensate.
      dRelative = new Date(dRelative.getTime() - 10);
    }
  }
  ms = d - dRelative;
  return getAdjustedUnit(ms, function(u) {
    return abs(getTimeDistanceForUnit(d, dRelative, u));
  });
}

module.exports = getAdjustedUnitForDate;