Android Date Time Get getDateDifference(Date thenDate)

Description

get Date Difference

Declaration

public static String getDateDifference(Date thenDate) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static String getDateDifference(Date thenDate) {
        Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
        Calendar then = Calendar.getInstance();
        now.setTime(new Date());
        then.setTime(thenDate);/*from   w  w  w .ja v  a 2  s .co m*/

        // Get the represented date in milliseconds
        long nowMs = now.getTimeInMillis();
        long thenMs = then.getTimeInMillis();

        // Calculate difference in milliseconds
        long diff = nowMs - thenMs;

        // Calculate difference in seconds
        long diffMinutes = diff / (60 * 1000);
        long diffHours = diff / (60 * 60 * 1000);
        long diffDays = diff / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);

        if (diffMinutes < 60) {
            if (diffMinutes == 1)
                return diffMinutes + " minute ago";
            else
                return diffMinutes + " minutes ago";
        } else if (diffHours < 24) {
            if (diffHours == 1)
                return diffHours + " hour ago";
            else
                return diffHours + " hours ago";
        } else if (diffDays < 30) {
            if (diffDays == 1)
                return diffDays + " day ago";
            else
                return diffDays + " days ago";
        } else {
            return "a long time ago..";
        }
    }
}

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2. getCurrentDate(String time)
3. getCurrentDate(long time)
4. getDatetime()
5. isNight()
6. currentTimeLabel()
7. currentTimeToString(int format, String delimiter)
8. getDate()
9. getDate()