Show difference in days in Java/ Android

Question

I want to differentiate between Current Date and Action Date. The difference should be shown as :

3 days ago 4 days ago and son ..

How can I achieve the same in Java using in Android?

It does not work for me and returns the actual date itself:

Date d = Utils.instanceDateFormat().parse(text.toString());
                String moments = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(d.getTime(), new Date().getTime(), DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS,
                        DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_ALL).toString();

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '15 at 10:34

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Try this

SimpleDateFormat myFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MM yyyy");
String currentDateInput = "23 01 1997";
String actionDateInput = "27 04 1997";

try {
    Date currentDate = myFormat.parse(currentDateInput);
    Date actionDate = myFormat.parse(actionDateInput);
    long diff = actionDate.getTime() - currentDate.getTime();
    System.out.println ("Days: " + TimeUnit.DAYS.convert(diff, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

You will have to modify the SimpleDateFormat to fit your needs.

answered Mar 22 '15 at 10:34

Marcus

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Yes, I could do that way however, is there any way through DateUtils ? – codebased Mar 22 '15 at 10:35
thank you mate. Your solution is definitely word giving a up. However, do you know if I can use DateUtils ? – codebased Mar 22 '15 at 11:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '15 at 10:35

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Use this to get the difference between two date objects

public static int getDaysDifference(Date fromDate,Date toDate)
{
if(fromDate==null||toDate==null)
return 0;

return (int)( (toDate.getTime() - fromDate.getTime()) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
}

answered Mar 22 '15 at 10:35

Fahim

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 22 '15 at 11:07

I think you need to change the minimum resolution of SECONDS_IN_MILLIS to DAYS_IN_MILLIS like this --->DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(date , System.currentTimeMillis(), DateUtils.DAYS_IN_MILLIS, DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_ALL).toString()

Using that all your future dates will be resolved to in X days and past dates to X days ago with exception of previous day which gets resolved to Yesterday but that would require a minor tweak if you need it to resolve to 1 day ago.

Hope this solves the issue

tried mate and it is notworking. – codebased Mar 22 '15 at 11:37 — codebased, Mar 22 '15 at 11:37

Show difference in days in Java/ Android

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