Android Utililty Methods Date Relative Format

List of utility methods to do Date Relative Format

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Method

StringformatRelativeTime(String fullRelativeDate)
format Relative Time 
final String relativeDateFormat1 = "(\\d+)\\s(\\w+)\\s\\w+"; 
final Pattern relativeDatePattern1 = Pattern
        .compile(relativeDateFormat1);
final String relativeDateFormat2 = "(\\w+)\\s(\\d+)\\s(\\w+)"; 
final Pattern relativeDatePattern2 = Pattern
        .compile(relativeDateFormat2);
final Matcher matcher1 = relativeDatePattern1
        .matcher(fullRelativeDate);
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StringgetRelativeTimeofTweet(String tweetCreatedAt)
get Relative Timeof Tweet 
final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(
        TWITTER_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, Locale.ENGLISH);
String relativeTime = "";
try {
    long dateInMillis = sdf.parse(tweetCreatedAt).getTime();
    relativeTime = getRelativeTimeFromMilliSeconds(dateInMillis);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    Log.d("info", "Couldn't parse relative timestamp for: "
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StringrelativeDate(String dateString)
relative Date 
String dayMonthYear = dateString.substring(0,
        dateString.indexOf(" "));
int month = Integer.parseInt(dayMonthYear.substring(0, 2));
int day = Integer.parseInt(dayMonthYear.substring(3, 5));
int year = Integer.parseInt(dayMonthYear.substring(6, 8));
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
int currentDay = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
int currentMonth = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
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StringgetRelativeDate(Date date)
get Relative Date 
return DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(date.getTime(),
        new Date().getTime(), DateUtils.DAY_IN_MILLIS,
        DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE).toString();
StringhumanFriendlyDate(Date date)
human Friendly Date 
return humanFriendlyDate(date.getTime());
booleandateIsBetweenTwoDates(String begin, String end)
date Is Between Two Dates 
String[] splitBeginStr = begin.split(":");
int hrBegin = Integer.parseInt(splitBeginStr[0]);
int minBegin = Integer.parseInt(splitBeginStr[1]);
String[] splitEndStr = end.split(":");
int hrEnd = Integer.parseInt(splitEndStr[0]);
int minEnd = Integer.parseInt(splitEndStr[1]);
Calendar beginCal = Calendar.getInstance();
beginCal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hrBegin);
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StringgetHumanReadableDateDiff(Date pastDate, boolean unknownIfNull)
Returns some kind of human readable representation of a past date, e.g. 
if (pastDate == null || pastDate.getTime() == 0) {
    return unknownIfNull ? "Unknown" : "Never";
Date currentDate = new Date();
long timeDiff = currentDate.getTime() - pastDate.getTime();
if (timeDiff < TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(60)) { 
    return "<1 min ago";
} else if (timeDiff < TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(60 * 60)) { 
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