Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) linroid 2015. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import android.text.format.DateUtils; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static final DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"); public static CharSequence friendlyTime(String dateStr) { Date date = formatDate(dateStr); return DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(date.getTime()); } public static Date formatDate(String dateStr) { try { return formatter.parse(dateStr); } catch (ParseException e) { return null; } } }