what is relative time in Japanese language?


Yesterday I came across some grammatical rules which said “に is used to
indicate a specific time or date, but in the case of a relative date, に is not
used. I know relative time include terms like yesterday, tomorrow, and today.
But can someone give me a more accurate definition of relative date? Thank
you~




Absolute times are ones that stay where they are as time moves onwards, or to
think of it another way they're the ones that you can circle on a calendar or
measure on a clock. So "Tuesday" or "May 25th" or "4 AM" are all absolute
times, and the ever-changing now will eventually catch up to them and then
pass them.

Relative times are ones measured in relation to when "now" is - so "5 minutes
ago", "tomorrow", "next year" are all relative because the specific time they
reference will change - "5 minutes ago" might have meant "4 AM" when you said
it, but eventually it will mean "noon" or "1:47".

