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Time Ago Swift Date Extension
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//Credit to https://gist.github.com/merlos All copyright & credit goes to him | |
import Foundation | |
extension Date { | |
/// | |
/// Provides a humanised date. For instance: 1 minute, 1 week ago, 3 months ago | |
/// | |
/// - Parameters: | |
// - numericDates: Set it to true to get "1 year ago", "1 month ago" or false if you prefer "Last year", "Last month" | |
/// | |
func timeAgo(numericDates:Bool) -> String { | |
let calendar = Calendar.current | |
let now = Date() | |
let earliest = self < now ? self : now | |
let latest = self > now ? self : now | |
let unitFlags: Set<Calendar.Component> = [.minute, .hour, .day, .weekOfMonth, .month, .year, .second] | |
let components: DateComponents = calendar.dateComponents(unitFlags, from: earliest, to: latest) | |
//print("") | |
//print(components) | |
if let year = components.year { | |
if (year >= 2) { | |
return "\(year) years ago" | |
} else if (year >= 1) { | |
return numericDates ? "1 year ago" : "Last year" | |
} | |
} | |
if let month = components.month { | |
if (month >= 2) { | |
return "\(month) months ago" | |
} else if (month >= 1) { | |
return numericDates ? "1 month ago" : "Last month" | |
} | |
} | |
if let weekOfMonth = components.weekOfMonth { | |
if (weekOfMonth >= 2) { | |
return "\(weekOfMonth) weeks ago" | |
} else if (weekOfMonth >= 1) { | |
return numericDates ? "1 week ago" : "Last week" | |
} | |
} | |
if let day = components.day { | |
if (day >= 2) { | |
return "\(day) days ago" | |
} else if (day >= 1) { | |
return numericDates ? "1 day ago" : "Yesterday" | |
} | |
} | |
if let hour = components.hour { | |
if (hour >= 2) { | |
return "\(hour) hours ago" | |
} else if (hour >= 1) { | |
return numericDates ? "1 hour ago" : "An hour ago" | |
} | |
} | |
if let minute = components.minute { | |
if (minute >= 2) { | |
return "\(minute) minutes ago" | |
} else if (minute >= 1) { | |
return numericDates ? "1 minute ago" : "A minute ago" | |
} | |
} | |
if let second = components.second { | |
if (second >= 3) { | |
return "\(second) seconds ago" | |
} | |
} | |
return "Just now" | |
} | |
} |
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