matthewmueller / matthewmueller/date

same results for "ago" and "from now"

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Description

  console.log(date('50 minutes ago'));
  console.log(date('50 minutes from now'));

Tue Feb 04 2014 19:47:44 GMT-0800 (PST)
Tue Feb 04 2014 19:47:44 GMT-0800 (PST)

going to use this for a badass log query language :D

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the two date() calls shown in the issue and trace how the parser handles “ago” versus “from now.” Done means the expressions produce the expected opposite time offsets rather than identical results, with coverage for both forms.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
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1-2 days
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