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Hours ago NSDate() extension
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| extension NSDate { | |
| func timeAgoSinceDate(numericDates:Bool) -> String { | |
| let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar() | |
| let now = NSDate() | |
| let earliest = now.earlierDate(self) | |
| let latest = (earliest == now) ? self : now | |
| let components:NSDateComponents = calendar.components([NSCalendarUnit.Minute , NSCalendarUnit.Hour , NSCalendarUnit.Day , NSCalendarUnit.WeekOfYear , NSCalendarUnit.Month , NSCalendarUnit.Year , NSCalendarUnit.Second], fromDate: earliest, toDate: latest, options: NSCalendarOptions()) | |
| if (components.year >= 2) { | |
| return "\(components.year) years ago" | |
| } else if (components.year >= 1){ | |
| if (numericDates){ | |
| return "1 year ago" | |
| } else { | |
| return "Last year" | |
| } | |
| } else if (components.month >= 2) { | |
| return "\(components.month) months ago" | |
| } else if (components.month >= 1){ | |
| if (numericDates){ | |
| return "1 month ago" | |
| } else { | |
| return "Last month" | |
| } | |
| } else if (components.weekOfYear >= 2) { | |
| return "\(components.weekOfYear) weeks ago" | |
| } else if (components.weekOfYear >= 1){ | |
| if (numericDates){ | |
| return "1 week ago" | |
| } else { | |
| return "Last week" | |
| } | |
| } else if (components.day >= 2) { | |
| return "\(components.day) days ago" | |
| } else if (components.day >= 1){ | |
| if (numericDates){ | |
| return "1 day ago" | |
| } else { | |
| return "Yesterday" | |
| } | |
| } else if (components.hour >= 2) { | |
| return "\(components.hour) hours ago" | |
| } else if (components.hour >= 1){ | |
| if (numericDates){ | |
| return "1 hour ago" | |
| } else { | |
| return "An hour ago" | |
| } | |
| } else if (components.minute >= 2) { | |
| return "\(components.minute) minutes ago" | |
| } else if (components.minute >= 1){ | |
| if (numericDates){ | |
| return "1 minute ago" | |
| } else { | |
| return "A minute ago" | |
| } | |
| } else if (components.second >= 3) { | |
| return "\(components.second) seconds ago" | |
| } else { | |
| return "Just now" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |
Since it's an extension of NSDate, you should use it like this:
comments.createdAt.timeAgoSinceDate(true)
i got problem with Xcode 8.3. Please have a look onto it. Thank you
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could you please tell me how to call this.
let timeAgo:String = NSDate.timeAgoSinceDate((comments.createdAt)!);
I got error message
Cannot convert value of type '(Bool) -> String' to specified type 'String'