Displays the difference in time between the two dates. Return example is "12 years 4 months 24 days 8 hours 33 minutes 5 seconds" - CSharp System

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Description

Displays the difference in time between the two dates. Return example is "12 years 4 months 24 days 8 hours 33 minutes 5 seconds"

Demo Code

//   The contents of this file are subject to the New BSD
using System;//from   www.jav a  2  s  . c om

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
    /// Displays the difference in time between the two dates. Return example is "12 years 4 months 24 days 8 hours 33 minutes 5 seconds"
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="startTime">The start time.</param>
    /// <param name="endTime">The end time.</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string ReadableDiff(this DateTime startTime, DateTime endTime) {
        string result;

        int seconds = endTime.Second - startTime.Second;
        int minutes = endTime.Minute - startTime.Minute;
        int hours = endTime.Hour - startTime.Hour;
        int days = endTime.Day - startTime.Day;
        int months = endTime.Month - startTime.Month;
        int years = endTime.Year - startTime.Year;

        if (seconds < 0) {
            minutes--;
            seconds += 60;
        }
        if (minutes < 0) {
            hours--;
            minutes += 60;
        }
        if (hours < 0) {
            days--;
            hours += 24;
        }

        if (days < 0) {
            months--;
            int previousMonth = (endTime.Month == 1) ? 12 : endTime.Month - 1;
            int year = (previousMonth == 12) ? endTime.Year - 1 : endTime.Year;
            days += DateTime.DaysInMonth(year, previousMonth);
        }
        if (months < 0) {
            years--;
            months += 12;
        }

        //put this in a readable format
        if (years > 0) {
            result = years.Pluralize(YEAR);
            if (months != 0)
                result += ", " + months.Pluralize(MONTH);
            result += " ago";
        } else if (months > 0) {
            result = months.Pluralize(MONTH);
            if (days != 0)
                result += ", " + days.Pluralize(DAY);
            result += " ago";
        } else if (days > 0) {
            result = days.Pluralize(DAY);
            if (hours != 0)
                result += ", " + hours.Pluralize(HOUR);
            result += " ago";
        } else if (hours > 0) {
            result = hours.Pluralize(HOUR);
            if (minutes != 0)
                result += ", " + minutes.Pluralize(MINUTE);
            result += " ago";
        } else if (minutes > 0)
            result = minutes.Pluralize(MINUTE) + " ago";
        else
            result = seconds.Pluralize(SECOND) + " ago";

        return result;
    }
}

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