From 13be80afb9812b1c75a44ca350d9d1fa98ecc0da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brent Guffens <brentguf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:28:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Alternative solution

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 .../8-format-date-relative/solution.md        | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/1-js/05-data-types/10-date/8-format-date-relative/solution.md b/1-js/05-data-types/10-date/8-format-date-relative/solution.md
index 87864be7..24fec997 100644
--- a/1-js/05-data-types/10-date/8-format-date-relative/solution.md
+++ b/1-js/05-data-types/10-date/8-format-date-relative/solution.md
@@ -43,3 +43,34 @@ alert( formatDate(new Date(new Date - 5 * 60 * 1000)) ); // "5 min. ago"
 // yesterday's date like 31.12.2016, 20:00
 alert( formatDate(new Date(new Date - 86400 * 1000)) );
 ```
+
+Alternative solution:
+
+```js run
+function formatDate(date) {
+  let dayOfMonth = date.getDate();
+  let month = date.getMonth() + 1;
+  let year = date.getFullYear();
+  let hour = date.getHours();
+  let minutes = date.getMinutes();
+  let diffMs = new Date() - date;
+  let diffSec = Math.round(diffMs / 1000);
+  let diffMin = diffSec / 60;
+  let diffHour = diffMin / 60;
+      
+  // formatting
+  year = year.toString().slice(-2);
+  month = month < 10 ? '0' + month : month;
+  dayOfMonth = dayOfMonth < 10 ? '0' + dayOfMonth : dayOfMonth;
+      
+  if (diffSec < 1) {
+    return 'right now';  
+  } else if (diffMin < 1) {
+    return `${diffSec} sec. ago`
+  } else if (diffHour < 1) {
+    return `${diffMin} min. ago`
+  } else {
+    return `${dayOfMonth}.${month}.${year} ${hour}:${minutes}`
+  }
+}
+```