Date and time To Words
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using System;
using System.Globalization;
namespace Newtonsoft.Utilities.Text
{
public class FormatUtils
{
private static readonly string[] fuzzyHours = new string[] {
"midnight", "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten", "eleven", "noon", "one", "two", "three",
"four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten", "eleven"
};
private static readonly string[] fuzzyMinutes = new string[] { "five", "ten", "a quarter", "twenty", "twenty five", "half" };
public static string DateTimeToWords(DateTime date)
{
return DateTimeToWords(date, DateTime.Now);
}
public static string DateTimeToWords(DateTime dateTime, DateTime currentDate)
{
string result;
TimeSpan t1 = new TimeSpan(currentDate.Ticks);
TimeSpan t2 = new TimeSpan(dateTime.Ticks);
int daysElapsed = t1.Days - t2.Days;
if (daysElapsed < -7 || daysElapsed >= 14)
result = DateToWords(dateTime, currentDate);
else if (daysElapsed == 0)
result = "this " + GetPeriod(dateTime.Hour);
else
result = DateToWords(dateTime, currentDate) + " " + GetPeriod(dateTime.Hour);
return (result + " at " + TimeToWords(dateTime));
}
public static string DateToWords(DateTime date)
{
return DateToWords(date, DateTime.Now);
}
public static string DateToWords(DateTime date, DateTime currentDate)
{
TimeSpan t1 = new TimeSpan(currentDate.Ticks);
TimeSpan t2 = new TimeSpan(date.Ticks);
int daysElapsed = t1.Days - t2.Days;
if (daysElapsed < -1 && daysElapsed >= -7)
return ("next " + date.ToString("dddd"));
if (daysElapsed == -1)
return "tomorrow";
if (daysElapsed == 0)
return "today";
if (daysElapsed == 1)
return "yesterday";
if (daysElapsed > 1 && daysElapsed < 7)
return date.ToString("dddd");
if (daysElapsed >= 7 && daysElapsed < 14)
return "last " + date.ToString("dddd");
return
(date.ToString("MMMM") + " " + GetOrdinal(date.Day) +
((date.Year != currentDate.Year) ? (" " + date.ToString("yyyy")) : string.Empty));
}
public static string GetOrdinal(int value)
{
string[] _suffixes = new string[] { "th", "st", "nd", "rd" };
int tenth = value % 10;
if (tenth >= _suffixes.Length)
{
return _suffixes[0];
}
else
{
// special case for 11, 12, 13
int hundredth = value % 100;
if (hundredth >= 11 && hundredth <= 13)
return _suffixes[0];
return _suffixes[tenth];
}
}
private static string GetPeriod(int hour)
{
if (hour > 18)
return "evening";
if (hour > 12)
return "afternoon";
if (hour > 3)
return "morning";
return "night";
}
public static string TimeToWords(DateTime time)
{
string result;
int minutes = time.Minute;
int hours = time.Hour;
bool toHour = false;
int remainder = time.Minute % 5;
if (remainder < 3)
minutes -= remainder;
else
minutes += 5 - remainder;
if (minutes > 30)
{
hours = (hours + 1) % 24;
minutes = 60 - minutes;
toHour = true;
}
if (minutes != 0)
result = fuzzyMinutes[minutes / 6] + " " + (toHour ? "to" : "past") + " " + fuzzyHours[hours];
else
result = fuzzyHours[hours] + ((hours != 0 && hours != 12) ? " o'clock" : string.Empty);
if (hours > 0 && hours < 12)
return result + " am";
if (hours > 12)
result = result + " pm";
return result;
}
}
}
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