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+import humanTimeUtil from '../utils/humanTime';
+
+/**
+ * The `humanTime` helper displays a time in a human-friendly time-ago format
+ * (e.g. '12 days ago'), wrapped in a <time> tag with other information about
+ * the time.
+ */
+export default function humanTime(time: Date) {
+    const mo = dayjs(time);
+
+    const datetime = mo.format();
+    const full = mo.format('LLLL');
+    const ago = humanTimeUtil(time);
+
+    return (
+        <time pubdate datetime={datetime} title={full} data-humantime>
+            {ago}
+        </time>
+    );
+}