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+export function useTimeAgo() {
+    const timeago = (date) => {
+        const now = new Date();
+        const diff = now - date;
+
+        if (diff < 1000) {
+            return "just now";
+        } else if (diff < 60000) {
+            const seconds = Math.floor(diff / 1000);
+            return `${seconds} ${plural("second", seconds)} ago`;
+        } else if (diff < 3600000) {
+            const minutes = Math.floor(diff / 60000);
+            return `${minutes} ${plural("minute", minutes)} ago`;
+        } else if (diff < 86400000) {
+            const hours = Math.floor(diff / 3600000);
+            return `${hours} ${plural("hour", hours)} ago`;
+        } else {
+            const days = Math.floor(diff / 86400000);
+            return `${days} ${plural("day", days)} ago`;
+        }
+    };
+
+    // #278 -- this function might need to be rewritten to support l18n
+    const plural = (word, count) => {
+        return count !== 1 ? `${word}s` : word;
+    };
+
+    return { timeago };
+}