How can I format a date in Objective-C similar to the jquery.timeago library?

Question

I have a feed of items displayed in table cells, part of which is a date / timestamp in the past.

In Objective-C, how can I accomplish formatting them in the same m

Answer 1

You can try with NSDateFormater and write it your self.

If value is under one minute then write just now, otherwise minutes, hours, days, etc.

Answer 2

https://stackoverflow.com/a/8268903/1915957

↑ convert swift code.

class func stringForTimeIntervalSinceCreated(dateTime :NSDate, serverTime serverDateTime:NSDate) -> String {
    var MinInterval  :Int = 0
    var HourInterval :Int = 0
    var DayInterval  :Int = 0
    var DayModules   :Int = 0

    let interval = abs(Int(dateTime.timeIntervalSinceDate(serverDateTime)))
    if (interval >= 86400) {
        DayInterval = interval/86400
        DayModules = interval%86400
        if (DayModules != 0) {
            if (DayModules>=3600) {
                //HourInterval=DayModules/3600;
                return String(DayInterval) + " days"
            } else {
                if (DayModules >= 60) {
                    //MinInterval=DayModules/60;
                    return String(DayInterval) + " days"
                } else {
                    return String(DayInterval) + " days"
                }
            }
        } else {
            return String(DayInterval) + " days"
        }
    } else {
        if (interval >= 3600) {
            HourInterval = interval/3600
            return String(HourInterval) + " hours"
        } else if (interval >= 60) {
            MinInterval = interval/60
            return String(MinInterval) + " minutes"
        } else {
            return String(interval) + " Sec"
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

+ (NSString *)changeTime:(NSString *)serverDateTime{
    NSInteger MinInterval;
    NSInteger HourInterval;
    NSInteger DayInterval;
    //NSInteger DayModules;
    NSTimeInterval _interval=[serverDateTime doubleValue];
    NSDate *Serverdate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:_interval];
    NSInteger interval = (long)((NSInteger)[[NSDate date] timeIntervalSinceDate:Serverdate]);
    if(interval >= 86400)
    {
        DayInterval  = interval/86400;// no. of days
        if (DayInterval > 14){
            return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"w+"];
        }
        if (DayInterval >= 7 && DayInterval <= 14){
            int diff =  (int)DayInterval / 7;
            return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%iw",diff];
        }
        return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%id",(int)DayInterval];
    }
    else{

        if(interval>=3600)
        {

            HourInterval= interval/3600;
            return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%lih", (long)HourInterval];

        }
        else if(interval>=60){

            MinInterval = interval/60;

            return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%lim", (long)MinInterval];
        }
        else{
            return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%lis", (long)interval];
        }
        return @"now";
    }

}