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@darija/humanize-duration

@darija/humanize-duration is a small npm package that formats durations in Moroccan Darija.

It started as an internal piece of logic inside Darija DEV, then got extracted into a standalone package so it can be reused anywhere: apps, websites, bots, or backend services.

The package is built on top of humanize-duration, but it ships with Darija translations and defaults out of the box.

Install

npm install @darija/humanize-duration

Usage

import humanizeDuration from "@darija/humanize-duration";

humanizeDuration(2 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
// "ساعتاين"

humanizeDuration(2 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 + 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
// "يوماين و 3 د السوايع"

humanizeDuration(3_000, { units: ["s"], largest: 1 });
// "3 د الثواني"

Why I made it

Darija still has very little reusable tooling in the JavaScript ecosystem. This package is a small step toward making Moroccan Darija easier to support in real products.

Instead of keeping this logic buried inside one codebase, it now lives as a public package anyone can install and build on.