4.x: Return 'just now' for zero-second differences#500

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dereuromark commented Feb 7, 2026

Summary

Returns "just now" instead of "0 seconds ago" when diffForHumans() is called on identical timestamps
Adds just_now translation string to Translator

Before / After

Before	After
"0 seconds ago"	"just now"
"0 seconds from now"	"just now"
"0 seconds" (absolute)	"just now"

Example

$now = Chronos::now();
echo $now->diffForHumans(); // "just now" (was "0 seconds ago")

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Inspired by Carbon's handling of zero-second differences. See briannesbitt/Carbon#3218.


          Return 'just now' for zero-second differences

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When diffForHumans() is called on two identical timestamps, return
"just now" instead of the awkward "0 seconds ago".

This provides a more natural, human-readable output for edge cases
where two times are effectively the same.

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Feature parity with Carbon: missing methods and utilities #501

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dereuromark changed the base branch from 3.next to 4.x

March 14, 2026 17:45

dereuromark modified the milestones: 3.next, 4.x

dereuromark changed the title ~~Return 'just now' for zero-second differences~~ 4.x: Return 'just now' for zero-second differences

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