Convert DateTime.Now to Time ago C#

Question

I'm working on simple asp.net mvc website, that shows user's post. I'm saving the post details in the DB including uploaded date.

DateTime dateTimeNow = DateTime.Now;
newPost.Feed_Upload_Date = dateTimeNow;
DB.Post.Add(newPost);
DB.SaveChanges();

Now in my View when I'm showing the date, it shows me something like this

"1/21/2019 4:29:58 PM"

What I want to achieve is to convert this time in my Database into something like "1 day ago". Thanks.

Karel Frajták · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-22T15:04:15.340

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You can either implement it yourself or use Humanizer library:

DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-30).Humanize() => "yesterday"
DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-2).Humanize() => "2 hours ago"
DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(30).Humanize() => "tomorrow"
DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(2).Humanize() => "2 hours from now"
DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddHours(1).Humanize() => "an hour from now"

edited Nov 22 '19 at 15:04

answered Jan 22 '19 at 07:31

Karel Frajták

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Really appreciated for the fast reply, but how can I use this if I'm showing the the datetime from my DB like this.. @foreach (Post item in Model.PostV) {
@item.Feed_Upload_Date
} – Alaa Hershey Jan 22 '19 at 07:38
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`@item.Feed_Upload_Date.Humanize()` – Rafalon Jan 22 '19 at 07:39
not working.... – Alaa Hershey Jan 22 '19 at 08:21
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You are probably missing an using statement in Razor template. Or create a view model you will fill with the values that should be displayed. – Karel Frajták Jan 22 '19 at 09:22
I've already added "@using Humanizer;" but when I type @item.Feed_Upload_Date.i do not get a Humanize option, I tried it in the home controller it's working perfectly. – Alaa Hershey Jan 22 '19 at 09:49
Did you try it nevertheless? **Intellisense** not working on razor views doesn't necessarily mean that it won't work – Rafalon Jan 22 '19 at 10:02
If it still does not work, you might want to read [this part (Use in ASP.NET 4.x MVC Views)](https://github.com/Humanizr/Humanizer#use-in-aspnet-4x-mvc-views) – Rafalon Jan 22 '19 at 11:20
thanks Rafalon,I edited the web.config file and it worked perfectly – Alaa Hershey Jan 23 '19 at 10:33
Is there any way to show previous date as yesterday and time, ex., "Yesterday 4.10pm"? currently humanizer just shows as Yesterday... – Krishnakumar Nov 21 '19 at 05:02
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@Krishnakumar I guess you'll have to concatenate it with the time info... – Karel Frajták Nov 22 '19 at 15:03

Convert DateTime.Now to Time ago C#

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