How to get show date as yesterday,today,2hours in iOS?

Question

I am getting datetime from server as json response.Now if the date is equal to today date then i want to show it as today.if it was yesterday date then i want show as yesterday.if the time was 2 hours ago then i want to show as 2 hours.Please tell me how can implement such functionality?

Using this library :- https://github.com/kevinlawler/NSDate-TimeAgo — Mitul Marsoniya, Oct 06 '15 at 09:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '15 at 09:38

in .h file :

  NSDateFormatter *commonDateFormatter;

in .m file :

-(NSString*)convertToUTCTime:(NSString*)strDate{

    NSDate *currentDate = [NSDate date];
    myDate = [commonDateFormatter dateFromString: strDate];
    NSTimeInterval distanceBetweenDates = [currentDate timeIntervalSinceDate:myDate];
    return [self stringFromTimeInterval:distanceBetweenDates];
}
- (NSString *)stringFromTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)interval {
    NSInteger ti = (NSInteger)interval;
    NSInteger minutes = (ti / 60) % 60;
    NSInteger hours = (ti / 3600);

    if (hours > 24) {
        NSInteger days = hours/24;
        if (days > 30) {
           NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
           [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE d MMM, h:mm a"];
           //[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"IST"]];
            NSString *daydate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:myDate];
            return daydate;
        }
        else{
        return [NSString stringWithFormat:@" %2ldd",(long)days];
        }
    }else{
        if (hours == 0 && minutes < 1) {
            return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Today"];
        }
        else if (hours == 0 && minutes < 60){
            return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%2ldm ",(long)minutes];
        }
        else{
        return [NSString stringWithFormat:@" %2ldh",(long)hours];
        }
    }
}

what if there are more than weeks the how i return only th exact date — TechChain, Oct 06 '15 at 09:40
i want to ask what if there are too many days from current days then i want to print the date only. — TechChain, Oct 06 '15 at 10:05
if you want display only date then change format of date from [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE d MMM, h:mm a"] to [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy:MM:dd"] — riddhi, Oct 06 '15 at 10:26
I don't understand this code. How can `hours == 0 && minutes < 1 == "Today"`? — Droppy, Oct 06 '15 at 10:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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Convert JSON to NSDate using NSDateFormatter link
Get current date
Get components between two days for month, week, day, hour interval unit using calendar components: fromDate: toDate: link
Compare two days for it is present or past link
Then show component.month .day .hour past/future from current date

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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How to get show date as yesterday,today,2hours in iOS?

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