# Relative

Returns a date difference in a nice, human readable, string format. This modifier will add a phrase after the difference value relative to the current date and the passed in date.

You can turn off the extra words "ago", "until", and so on by passing `true` as a parameter

The string will be localized into your current site locale.

```yaml
past_date: October 1 2020
future_date: October 1 2024
```

::tabs

::tab antlers
```antlers
{{ past_date | relative }}
{{ past_date | relative(true) }}
{{ future_date | relative }}
{{ future_date | relative(true) }}
```
::tab blade
```blade
{{ Statamic::modify($past_date)->relative() }}
{{ Statamic::modify($past_date)->relative(true) }}
{{ Statamic::modify($future_date)->relative() }}
{{ Statamic::modify($future_date)->relative(true) }}
```
::

```html
2 years ago
2 years
1 year from now
1 year
```

:::warning
By default, when using a modifier on a date variable, it will be operating on the UTC date rather than the localized date.

Please refer to our [Timezones](/tips/timezones.md) guide for more information.
:::