Android Date to String Convert javaDateToTimeSpan(final Date date)

Description

java Date To Time Span

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String javaDateToTimeSpan(final Date date) 

Method Source Code

//License from project: Open Source License 

import android.text.format.DateUtils;
import org.wordpress.caredear.R;
import org.wordpress.android.WordPress;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main{
    public static String javaDateToTimeSpan(final Date date) {
        if (date == null)
            return "";

        long passedTime = date.getTime();
        long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

        // return "now" if less than a minute has elapsed
        long secondsSince = (currentTime - passedTime) / 1000;
        if (secondsSince < 60)
            return WordPress.getContext().getString(
                    R.string.reader_timespan_now);

        // less than an hour (ex: 12m)
        long minutesSince = secondsSince / 60;
        if (minutesSince < 60)
            return Long.toString(minutesSince) + "m";

        // less than a day (ex: 17h)
        long hoursSince = minutesSince / 60;
        if (hoursSince < 24)
            return Long.toString(hoursSince) + "h";

        // less than a week (ex: 5d)
        long daysSince = hoursSince / 24;
        if (daysSince < 7)
            return Long.toString(daysSince) + "d";

        // less than a year old, so return day/month without year (ex: Jan 30)
        if (daysSince < 365)
            return DateUtils.formatDateTime(WordPress.getContext(),
                    passedTime, DateUtils.FORMAT_NO_YEAR
                            | DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_ALL);

        // date is older, so include year (ex: Jan 30, 2013)
        return DateUtils.formatDateTime(WordPress.getContext(), passedTime,
                DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_ALL);
    }//from w w w .  j  a v  a  2 s.c  o  m
}

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4. getStringFromDate(Date date)
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6. toGMTDate(Date localDate)
7. toString(Date date)
8. getStrFromDate(Date date)
9. dateToString(Date date)