Calculate relative time in C#

Question

Given a specific DateTime value, how do I display relative time, like:

• 2 hours ago
• 3 days ago
• a month ago

Answer 1

If you want to have an output like "2 days, 4 hours and 12 minutes ago", you need a timespan:

TimeSpan timeDiff = DateTime.Now-CreatedDate;

Then you can access the values you like:

timeDiff.Days
timeDiff.Hours

etc...