Replace 'x seconds ago' with 'just now'

app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const getTimeago = () => {
 
       const timeAgoLocaleRemaining = [
         () => [s__('Timeago|just now'), s__('Timeago|right now')],
-        () => [s__('Timeago|%s seconds ago'), s__('Timeago|%s seconds remaining')],
+        () => [s__('Timeago|just now'), s__('Timeago|%s seconds remaining')],
         () => [s__('Timeago|1 minute ago'), s__('Timeago|1 minute remaining')],
         () => [s__('Timeago|%s minutes ago'), s__('Timeago|%s minutes remaining')],
         () => [s__('Timeago|1 hour ago'), s__('Timeago|1 hour remaining')],
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export const getTimeago = () => {
 
       const timeAgoLocale = [
         () => [s__('Timeago|just now'), s__('Timeago|right now')],
-        () => [s__('Timeago|%s seconds ago'), s__('Timeago|in %s seconds')],
+        () => [s__('Timeago|just now'), s__('Timeago|in %s seconds')],
         () => [s__('Timeago|1 minute ago'), s__('Timeago|in 1 minute')],
         () => [s__('Timeago|%s minutes ago'), s__('Timeago|in %s minutes')],
         () => [s__('Timeago|1 hour ago'), s__('Timeago|in 1 hour')],
@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ export const getTimeago = () => {
  * @param {Boolean} setTimeago
  */
 export const localTimeAgo = ($timeagoEls, setTimeago = true) => {
-  getTimeago().render($timeagoEls, timeagoLanguageCode);
+  getTimeago();
+
+  $timeagoEls.each((i, el) => {
+    $(el).text(timeagoInstance.format($(el).attr('datetime'), timeagoLanguageCode));
+  });
 
   if (!setTimeago) {
     return;

changelogs/unreleased/fix-issues-time-counter.yml

+---
+title: Make time counters show 'just now' for everything under one minute
+merge_request: 25992
+author: Sergiu Marton
+type: changed

locale/gitlab.pot

@@ -8359,9 +8359,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Timeago|%s months remaining"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Timeago|%s seconds ago"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Timeago|%s seconds remaining"
 msgstr ""