Getting Elapsed Time in JS

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I am making a social network and when you post something, I want to show the time. I have the current code to display the time (this isn't only the time, it's also validating and posting the text):

$('#b').click(function () {
    var v = $('#type').val();
    var u = $('#input').val();
    if (v !== "" && u !== ""){
        var time = new Date();
        var currentime = Date.now();
        var x = currentime - time;
        $("ul").prepend("<li>" + v + "<br />Posted by " + u + " " + x +" minutes ago  </li>");
        $('#type, #input').css('border','');
    }
    else if (v == "" && u == "") {
        $('#type, #input').css('border','1px solid red');
    }
    else if (v == "") {
        $('#type').css('border','1px solid red');
        $('#input').css('border','');
    }
    else {
        $('#input').css('border','1px solid red');
        $('#type').css('border','');
    }
});

When the time posts, it says 0 minutes ago (like I told it to), but after any amount of time, it still says 0.

Answer 1

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Basically you set up a setInterval which governs ho frequently you update your time attribute. I used a span with a class .time to so you could theoretically update anything with time.

I would go further and hash your posts so you can easily retrieve each posts original time.

EDIT: added a new fiddle.