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Keith Entzeroth
Keith Entzeroth

Reputation: 2059

Formatting of DateUtils.getRelativeDateTimeString

I have code like this

DateUtils.getRelativeDateTimeString(context, due, DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS, DateUtils.WEEK_IN_MILLIS,0)

which is outputting strings formatted like

in 23 hours, 6:18am

I don't understand well the android documentation on this method.

Is there a built in way to strip off the time or change the comma to be more sentence like?

Either of "in 23 hours" or "in 23 hours at 6:18am" would be preferable to the current output.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 12

Views: 8213

Answers (2)

Morgan Koh
Morgan Koh

Reputation: 2465

According to Android Documentation, you'll need to add a flag to display "42 mins ago", instead of "42 mins ago 01/01/2020".

DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(
    item.createdAt.time,
    Date().time,
    DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS,
    FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE
)

Can use FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE flag to use abbreviated relative times, like "42 mins ago".

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/format/DateUtils#getRelativeTimeSpanString(long,%20long,%20long,%20int)

Upvotes: 1

Keith Entzeroth
Keith Entzeroth

Reputation: 2059

I have used a different method and gotten the "in 23 hours" result I wanted

DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(due,now, DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS)

Upvotes: 15

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