Should be mostly working, doing some additional QOL

fictionarchive-web-astro/src/lib/utils/time.ts

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+import { formatDistanceToNow, format, differenceInDays } from 'date-fns';
+
+/**
+ * Formats a date as relative time (e.g., "2 hours ago") if within 7 days,
+ * otherwise returns an absolute date (e.g., "Mar 15").
+ */
+export function formatRelativeTime(date: Date | string): string {
+	const d = typeof date === 'string' ? new Date(date) : date;
+	const daysDiff = differenceInDays(new Date(), d);
+
+	if (daysDiff <= 7) {
+		return formatDistanceToNow(d, { addSuffix: true });
+	}
+	return format(d, 'MMM d');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Formats a date as an absolute timestamp (e.g., "Mar 15, 2024, 3:30 PM").
+ */
+export function formatAbsoluteTime(date: Date | string): string {
+	const d = typeof date === 'string' ? new Date(date) : date;
+	return format(d, 'PPpp');
+}