The since() method of Temporal.PlainYearMonth instances returns a new Temporal.Duration object representing the duration from another year-month (in a form convertible by Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from()) to this year-month. The duration is positive if the other month is before this month, and negative if after.

This method does this - other. To do other - this, use the until() method.

Syntax

since(other)
since(other, options)

Parameters

other

A string, an object, or a Temporal.PlainYearMonth instance representing a year-month to subtract from this year-month. It is converted to a Temporal.PlainYearMonth object using the same algorithm as Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from(). It must have the same calendar as this.

options Optional

An object containing the options for Temporal.Duration.prototype.round(), which includes largestUnit, roundingIncrement, roundingMode, and smallestUnit. largestUnit and smallestUnit only accept the units: "years", "months", or their singular forms. For largestUnit, the default value "auto" means "years". For smallestUnit, the default value is "months". The current date is used as the relativeTo option.

Return value

A new Temporal.Duration object representing the duration since other to this year-month. The duration is positive if other is before this year-month, and negative if after.

Exceptions

RangeError

Thrown in one of the following cases:

• other has a different calendar than this.
• Any of the options is invalid.

Examples

Using since()

const lastUpdated = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from("2022-01");
const now = Temporal.Now.plainDateISO().toPlainYearMonth();
const duration = now.since(lastUpdated);
console.log(`Last updated ${duration.toLocaleString("en-US")} ago`);
// Expected output: "Last updated [number] years, [number] months ago"

const duration2 = now.since(lastUpdated, { largestUnit: "months" });
console.log(`Last updated ${duration2.toLocaleString("en-US")} ago`);
// Expected output: "Last updated [number] months ago"

const duration3 = now.since(lastUpdated, { smallestUnit: "years" });
console.log(`Last updated ${duration3.toLocaleString("en-US")} ago`);
// Expected output: "Last updated [number] years ago"

Rounding the result

By default the fractional part of the smallestUnit is truncated. You can round it up using the roundingIncrement and roundingMode options.

const ym1 = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from("2022-01");
const ym2 = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from("2022-11");
const duration = ym2.since(ym1, {
  smallestUnit: "years",
  roundingMode: "ceil",
});
console.log(duration.toString()); // "P1Y"

Getting the result in days

By default, the resulting duration never contains days, because PlainYearMonth does not offer day-level precision. You can get the result in days by converting it to a Temporal.PlainDate first with an unambiguous day.

const ym1 = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from("2022-01");
const ym2 = Temporal.PlainYearMonth.from("2022-11");
const duration = ym2.toPlainDate({ day: 1 }).since(ym1.toPlainDate({ day: 1 }));
console.log(duration.toString()); // "P304D"

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Temporal.PlainYearMonth
• Temporal.Duration
• Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.add()
• Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.subtract()
• Temporal.PlainYearMonth.prototype.until()