GitHub Elements

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GitHub Elements is a collection of web components from GitHub, including the <relative-time> custom element that extends the standard <time> element. It formats timestamps as localized strings or auto-updating relative text in the browser, letting servers cache HTML while clients localize dates.

Use cases

• display relative timestamps like '5 minutes ago' that auto-update
• localize dates to the user's timezone and locale in the browser
• serve cacheable server-rendered HTML containing dates
• format timestamps with a 24-hour clock per browser settings
• show fallback date text when JavaScript is disabled
• render durations and relative dates in web apps

When to choose

• you want localized, timezone-aware date display without server-side per-user rendering
• you need cacheable HTML fragments that still display correct dates per user
• you're building with web components or custom elements
• you want progressive enhancement with a plain-text fallback

When to avoid

• you need to support legacy browsers without Intl.DateTimeFormat/RelativeTimeFormat and can't polyfill
• your framework already handles date localization and you don't use web components
• you need heavy date manipulation/parsing rather than display formatting

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ui-components internationalization date-time templating web-development frontend browser web-components custom-elements relative-time timezone github-elements localization nodejs javascript

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