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Simple java class extends string for displaying dates as relative time ago language.
<resources>
<string name="time_ago_prefix"></string>
<string name="time_ago_suffix">ago</string>
<string name="time_ago_seconds">less than a minute</string>
<string name="time_ago_minute">about a minute</string>
<string name="time_ago_minutes">%d minutes</string>
<string name="time_ago_hour">about an hour</string>
<string name="time_ago_hours">about %d hours</string>
<string name="time_ago_day">a day</string>
<string name="time_ago_days">%d days</string>
<string name="time_ago_month">about a month</string>
<string name="time_ago_months">%d months</string>
<string name="time_ago_year">about a year</string>
<string name="time_ago_years">%d years</string>
</resources>
import java.util.Date;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Resources;
/**
* Created by MyInnos on 28-11-2016.
*/
public class TimeAgo {
protected Context context;
public TimeAgo(Context context) {
this.context = context;
}
public String timeAgo(Date date) {
return timeAgo(date.getTime());
}
@SuppressLint("StringFormatInvalid")
public String timeAgo(long millis) {
long diff = new Date().getTime() - millis;
Resources r = context.getResources();
String prefix = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_prefix);
String suffix = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_suffix);
double seconds = Math.abs(diff) / 1000;
double minutes = seconds / 60;
double hours = minutes / 60;
double days = hours / 24;
double years = days / 365;
String words;
if (seconds < 45) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_seconds, Math.round(seconds));
} else if (seconds < 90) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_minute, 1);
} else if (minutes < 45) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_minutes, Math.round(minutes));
} else if (minutes < 90) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_hour, 1);
} else if (hours < 24) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_hours, Math.round(hours));
} else if (hours < 42) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_day, 1);
} else if (days < 30) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_days, Math.round(days));
} else if (days < 45) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_month, 1);
} else if (days < 365) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_months, Math.round(days / 30));
} else if (years < 1.5) {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_year, 1);
} else {
words = r.getString(R.string.time_ago_years, Math.round(years));
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
if (prefix != null && prefix.length() > 0) {
sb.append(prefix).append(" ");
}
sb.append(words);
if (suffix != null && suffix.length() > 0) {
sb.append(" ").append(suffix);
}
return sb.toString().trim();
}
}
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