Android Date Interval Get timeDifference(Date date)

Description

Returns the string representation of time difference based on today date.

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	- Date object.

Exception

Parameter	Description
NullPointerException	if any of the parameters is null.

Return

- object.

Declaration

public static String timeDifference(Date date) 

Method Source Code

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main{
    /**// w  w  w . j a v  a2 s.  com
     * Returns the string representation of time difference based on today date.
     *  
     * @param date -{@link Date} object.
     * @return -{@link String} object.
     * @throws NullPointerException if any of the parameters is null.
     */
    public static String timeDifference(Date date) {
        if (StringUtils.isNull(date)) {
            throw new NullPointerException("date cannot be null");
        }
        String returnTimediff;
        Date nowdate = new Date();
        int diffInDays = (int) ((nowdate.getTime() - date.getTime()) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
        int diffInHours = (int) ((nowdate.getTime() - date.getTime()) / (1000 * 60 * 60)) % 24;
        int diffInMins = (int) ((nowdate.getTime() - date.getTime()) / (1000 * 60)) % 60;
        //      int diffInSec = (int) ((nowdate.getTime() - date.getTime()) / (1000  ))%60;
        if ((diffInDays >= 1) && (diffInDays < 2)) {
            returnTimediff = " yesterday";
        } else if (diffInDays >= 2) {
            returnTimediff = diffInDays + " days ago";
        } else if ((diffInHours < 24) && (diffInHours >= 1)) {
            returnTimediff = "" + diffInHours + " hours ago";
        } else if ((diffInMins < 60) && (diffInMins > 1)) {
            returnTimediff = "" + diffInMins + " minutes ago";
        } else {
            returnTimediff = "few seconds ago";
        }
        return returnTimediff;
    }
}

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2. checkIsIntervalDay(String startTime, String endTime)
3. totalDays(Object o)
4. calculatorDaysAgo(String date, Locale locale, String format)
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6. getTimeRangeStr(Date startDate, Date endDate)
7. formatDuration(int duration)
8. calcTimeBetween(Date start, Date end)
9. getOffectDay(long date1, long date2)