To Relative Date - CSharp System

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To Relative Date

Demo Code


using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Globalization;
using System;/*from  w w  w  .  j  av a 2 s.co  m*/

public class Main{
        public static string ToRelativeDate(this DateTime dateTime)
        {
            var timeSpan = DateTime.Now - dateTime;

            if (timeSpan <= TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60))
                return string.Format("{0} seconds ago", timeSpan.Seconds);

            if (timeSpan <= TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60))
                return timeSpan.Minutes > 1 ? String.Format("{0} minutes ago", timeSpan.Minutes) : "a minute ago";

            if (timeSpan <= TimeSpan.FromHours(24))
                return timeSpan.Hours > 1 ? String.Format("{0} hours ago", timeSpan.Hours) : "an hour ago";

            if (timeSpan <= TimeSpan.FromDays(30))
                return timeSpan.Days > 1 ? String.Format("{0} days ago", timeSpan.Days) : "a day ago";

            if (timeSpan <= TimeSpan.FromDays(365))
                return timeSpan.Days > 30 ? String.Format("{0} months ago", timeSpan.Days / 30) : "a month ago";

            return timeSpan.Days > 365 ? String.Format("{0} years ago", timeSpan.Days / 365) : "a year ago";
        }
        public static string Format(DateTime date)
        {
            string dateFormatted = date.ToString("MMM") 
                            + " " 
                            + date.Day.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) 
                            + "," 
                            + date.ToString("yyyy") 
                            + " at " 
                            + date.ToShortTimeString();

            return dateFormatted;
        }
}

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