Dayjs: ss [plural for seconds]

[diomed]

I don't see string for plural of seconds anywhere in translations,
and I'm pretty sure if there's d, dd and m, mm, and h, hh, there
should also be s, ss

[iamkun]

Yes, we have this.

s | 0-59 | The second
-- | -- | --
ss | 00-59 | The second, 2-digits
SSS | 000-999 | The millisecond, 3-digits

[diomed]

it isn't in any translate file however.
it should be, right?

[iamkun]

Check here 😬 @diomed
https://github.com/iamkun/dayjs/blob/master/docs/en/API-reference.md#list-of-all-available-formats

[aalises]

@diomed @iamkun we don't need the 'ss' string as our RelativeTime plugin does not use it. As differentiating from 1 second to 9 seconds is quite specific, we just provide the 'few seconds' generalization for this case. See how the locales are written.

[iamkun]

@aalises I skipped the ss string in our RelativeTime plugin just because I want to keep the same behavior as moment.js. However, if we think it necessary, we could add it back.

[aalises]

@iamkun I don't think it's necessary to be fair :+1:

[prantlf]

@aalises, using just s with "a couple of seconds" is fine. I agree, that there's no need to make it more complicated to "count the seconds".

But there is a problem with using your localization functionality in real-world applications, which are not in English. Assuming, that "in a couple of seconds" and "a couple of seconds ago" uses the same common text "a couple of seconds" is wrong. Other languages need to apply declension specific to preposition used. I opened #302 about it.

[iamkun]

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