/SEHumanizedTimeDiff

An NSDate category to have humanly meaningful time intervals since todays date

Primary LanguageObjective-C

SEHumanizedTimeDiff

SEHumanizedTime with customizable date mode

SEHumanizedTime with customizable date mode.

Introduction

SEHumanizedTime is a NSDate Category for you to have humanly meaningful time intervals between dates. It is especially useful for use in social apps with timelines of events.

Usage

Just add SEHumanizedTime folder into your project and use it as below:

//1 minute
myLabel.text = [[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:-360]
                stringWithHumanizedTimeDifference:NSDateHumanizedSuffixNone
                withFullString:NO];
//This will return @"1m"

//2 days
myLabel.text = [[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:-3600*24*2]
                stringWithHumanizedTimeDifference:NSDateHumanizedSuffixAgo
                withFullString:YES];
//This will return @"2 days ago"

Enumerations

NSDateHumanizedSuffixNone
NSDateHumanizedSuffixLeft
NSDateHumanizedSuffixAgo

NSDateHumanizedSuffixNone | withFullString:NO

NSDateHumanizedSuffixNone | withFullString:NO

Year     : 2010-09-14 | if > 1 year
Months   : 2Apr.      | if > 1 month but in the same year
Weeks    : 3w
Days     : 2d
Hours    : 4h
Minutes  : 9m
Secondes : 3s

NSDateHumanizedSuffixNone | withFullString:YES

NSDateHumanizedSuffixNone | withFullString:YES

Year     : 2010-09-14   | if > 1 year
Months   : 2 April      | if > 1 month but in the same year
Weeks    : 3 week(s)    | With dynamic pluralize
Days     : 2 day(s)     | With dynamic pluralize
Hours    : 4 hour(s)    | With dynamic pluralize
Minutes  : 9 minute(s)  | With dynamic pluralize
Secondes : 3 seconde(s) | With dynamic pluralize

NSDateHumanizedSuffixLeft | withFullString:NO

NSDateHumanizedSuffixLeft | withFullString:NO

Year     : Until the 2010-09-14 | if > 1 year
Months   : Until the 2Apr.      | if > 1 month but in the same year
Weeks    : 3w left
Days     : 2d left
Hours    : 4h left
Minutes  : 9m left
Secondes : 3s left

NSDateHumanizedSuffixLeft | withFullString:YES

NSDateHumanizedSuffixLeft | withFullString:YES

Year     : Until the 2010-09-14 | if > 1 year
Months   : Until the 2April     | if > 1 month but in the same year
Weeks    : 3 week(s) left       | With dynamic pluralize
Days     : 2 day(s) left        | With dynamic pluralize
Hours    : 4 hour(s) left       | With dynamic pluralize
Minutes  : 9 minute(s) left     | With dynamic pluralize
Secondes : 3 seconde(s) left    | With dynamic pluralize

NSDateHumanizedSuffixAgo | withFullString:NO

NSDateHumanizedSuffixAgo | withFullString:NO

Year     : 2010-09-14 | if > 1 year
Months   : 2Apr.      | if > 1 month but in the same year
Weeks    : 3w ago
Days     : 2d ago
Hours    : 4h ago
Minutes  : 9m ago
Secondes : 3s ago

NSDateHumanizedSuffixAgo | withFullString:YES

NSDateHumanizedSuffixAgo | withFullString:YES

Year     : 2010-09-14       | if > 1 year
Months   : 2 April          | if > 1 month but in the same year
Weeks    : 3 week(s) ago    | With dynamic pluralize
Days     : 2 day(s) ago     | With dynamic pluralize
Hours    : 4 hour(s) ago    | With dynamic pluralize
Minutes  : 9 minute(s) ago  | With dynamic pluralize
Secondes : 3 seconde(s) ago | With dynamic pluralize

To do

  • French, German, [...], Spanish language support.

Authors

License

Open Source Initiative OSI - The MIT License (MIT):Licensing [OSI Approved License] The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2012 Sarp Erdag sarp.erdag@apperto.com & Quentin Rousseau contact@quentin.rousseau.fr

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