what's the best library for displaying relative dates (eg: 20 minutes ago) for ASP.NET MVC? in C#
A:
I don't know of any established library that exists for this but http://tiredblogger.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/creating-twitter-esque-relative-dates-in-c/ should get you started.
Michael Shimmins
2010-09-10 05:12:32
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A:
You don't need a library when a simple extension method can do it. This is an extension method that I have used:
public static string TimeAgo(this DateTime date)
{
TimeSpan timeSince = DateTime.Now.Subtract(date);
if (timeSince.TotalMilliseconds < 1) return "not yet";
if (timeSince.TotalMinutes < 1) return "just now";
if (timeSince.TotalMinutes < 2) return "1 minute ago";
if (timeSince.TotalMinutes < 60) return string.Format("{0} minutes ago", timeSince.Minutes);
if (timeSince.TotalMinutes < 120) return "1 hour ago";
if (timeSince.TotalHours < 24) return string.Format("{0} hours ago", timeSince.Hours);
if (timeSince.TotalDays == 1) return "yesterday";
if (timeSince.TotalDays < 7) return string.Format("{0} days ago", timeSince.Days);
if (timeSince.TotalDays < 14) return "last week";
if (timeSince.TotalDays < 21) return "2 weeks ago";
if (timeSince.TotalDays < 28) return "3 weeks ago";
if (timeSince.TotalDays < 60) return "last month";
if (timeSince.TotalDays < 365) return string.Format("{0} months ago", Math.Round(timeSince.TotalDays / 30));
if (timeSince.TotalDays < 730) return "last year"; //last but not least...
return string.Format("{0} years ago", Math.Round(timeSince.TotalDays / 365));
}
Kelsey
2010-09-10 06:37:15