Time ago for Android/java [closed]

Answer 1

Create the below logic:

Convert your time to seconds, get the diff ( delta ) from current file :

1. % it by 3600*365
   • if the result > 0 then display year(s) ago
2. else % it by 3600 * 30
   • if the result > 0 then display month(s) ago
3. else % it by 3600 * 7
   • if the result > 0 then display week(s) ago
4. else % it by 3600
   • if the result > 0 then display day(s) ago
5. else % it by 3600 / 24
   • if the result > 0 then display hour(s) ago
6. else % it by 60,
   • if the result > 0 then display minute(s) ago

NOTE: % means mod (modulus operation)

Answer 2

Date nowDate=new Date();
Date yourPassDate=//you have a date here.
long now=nowDate.getTime();
long time=yourPassDate.getTime();


final long diff = now - time;  //now you have a date interval representing with mileseconds.
//you can use this diff to do something like:
if (diff <1000*60)//less than one minute
    //...
else if (diff <1000*60*60) //less than 1 hour
    //...    
else if (diff < 1000*60*60*24)//less than one day
    //...

This is what java doc of Date.getTime() said:

 * Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT
 * represented by this <tt>Date</tt> object.

Answer 3

What you want to display is called as the Relative time display. Android provides methods to display time relative to your current time. You don't have to use any third party library just for this purpose.

You can use

DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(long time, long now, long minResolution)

Refer docs Here

eg.

DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(your_time_in_milliseconds, current_ time_in_millisecinds,DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS);

UPDATE1:

You can try following to pass your date and get the milliseconds for it.

public static long getDateInMillis(String srcDate) {
    SimpleDateFormat desiredFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
        "d MMMM yyyy, hh:mm aa");

    long dateInMillis = 0;
    try {
        Date date = desiredFormat.parse(srcDate);
        dateInMillis = date.getTime();
        return dateInMillis;
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        Log.d("Exception while parsing date. " + e.getMessage());
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return 0;
    }

Hope it helps you.