Facebook posts timestamps "X mins ago"

Question

I want to implement in my app date and time standards like facebook does for example:

post from x minust ago shows as: X mins
post from x seconds ago shows as: X secs
.....
post from yesterday shows as: yestarday at 7:22pm
post from last month shows as: june 15 ...

I am searching for the full timestamp dictinary that convert's datetime to string facebook X time ago

No it is not !! i just wanted to know the convantion.. 1 years ago? 10 years ago? with or without time stamps? — shay, Jun 27 '15 at 14:39
Fair point. I interpreted as wanting a library recommendation as you wanted something to convert `DateTime` to string. Apologies. — Charles Mager, Jun 27 '15 at 14:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

How to calculate "time ago" in Java?

Take a look at the PrettyTime library.

It's quite simple to use:

import org.ocpsoft.prettytime.PrettyTime;

PrettyTime p = new PrettyTime();
System.out.println(p.format(new Date()));
// prints "moments ago"

You can also pass in a locale for internationalized messages:

PrettyTime p = new PrettyTime(new Locale("fr"));
System.out.println(p.format(new Date()));
// prints "à l'instant"

As noted in the comments, Android has this functionality built into the android.text.format.DateUtils class.

Facebook posts timestamps "X mins ago"

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