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title: "TimeAgoPipe"
generated: true
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<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/admin-ui/src/lib/core/src/shared/pipes/time-ago.pipe.ts" sourceLine="18" packageName="@vendure/admin-ui" />

Converts a date into the format "3 minutes ago", "5 hours ago" etc.

*Example*

```HTML
{{ order.orderPlacedAt | timeAgo }}
```

```ts title="Signature"
class TimeAgoPipe implements PipeTransform {
    constructor(i18nService: I18nService)
    transform(value: string | Date, nowVal?: string | Date) => string;
}
```

* Implements: PipeTransform

<div className="members-wrapper">

### transform

\<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(value: string | Date, nowVal?: string | Date) => string`}   />

</div>