iosobjective-crelative-time-span

Show one day, one hour ago not working correctly?


i have done with this code

+ (NSString *)relativeDateStringForDate:(NSString *)date
{
    NSString *temp;

    NSString* format = @"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'";
    // Set up an NSDateFormatter for UTC time zone
    NSDateFormatter* formatterUtc = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [formatterUtc setDateFormat:format];
    [formatterUtc setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
    // Cast the input string to NSDate
    NSDate* utcDate = [formatterUtc dateFromString:date];
    // Set up an NSDateFormatter for the device's local time zone
    NSDateFormatter* formatterLocal = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [formatterLocal setDateFormat:format];
    [formatterLocal setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone localTimeZone]];
    // Create local NSDate with time zone difference
    NSDate* localDate = [formatterUtc dateFromString:[formatterLocal stringFromDate:utcDate]];
    //calender settings
    NSCalendarUnit units = NSDayCalendarUnit | NSWeekOfYearCalendarUnit |
    NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit | NSCalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnitMinute | NSCalendarUnitSecond ;
    NSCalendar *cal = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];

    //local dates
    NSDate* datetime = [NSDate date];
    NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [formatterUtc setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:format];
    NSString* dateTimeInIsoFormatForZuluTimeZone = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:datetime];
    NSDate* sysUTCDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateTimeInIsoFormatForZuluTimeZone];


    NSDateFormatter* formatterLocalFromUtc = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [formatterLocalFromUtc setDateFormat:format];
    [formatterLocalFromUtc setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone localTimeZone]];
    // Create local NSDate with time zone difference
    NSDate* curreentDate = [formatterUtc dateFromString:[formatterLocalFromUtc stringFromDate:sysUTCDate]];

    NSDateComponents *components1 = [cal components:(NSCalendarUnitEra|NSCalendarUnitYear|NSCalendarUnitMonth|NSCalendarUnitDay |NSCalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnitMinute | NSCalendarUnitSecond) fromDate:curreentDate];
    NSDate *today = [cal dateFromComponents:components1];

    //server date
    components1 = [cal components:(NSCalendarUnitEra|NSCalendarUnitYear|NSCalendarUnitMonth|NSCalendarUnitDay | NSCalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnitMinute | NSCalendarUnitSecond) fromDate:localDate];
    NSDate *thatdate = [cal dateFromComponents:components1];



    // if `date` is before "now" (i.e. in the past) then the components will be positive
    NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:units
                                                                   fromDate:thatdate
                                                                     toDate:today
                                                                    options:0];



    if (components.year > 0) {
        temp=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld years ago", (long)components.year];
    } else if (components.month > 0) {
        temp= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld months ago", (long)components.month];
    } else if (components.weekOfYear > 0) {
        temp= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld weeks ago", (long)components.weekOfYear];
    } else if (components.day > 0) {
        if (components.day > 1) {
            temp= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld day ago", (long)components.day];
        } else {
            temp=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld day ago", (long)components.day];
        }
    } else {
        if (components.hour!=0) {
            if(components.hour==1)
            {
                temp= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld hour ago",(long)components.hour];
            }
            else
            {
                temp= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld hours ago",(long)components.hour];
            }

        } else if (components.minute!=0){
            if(components.minute==1)
            {
                temp= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld min ago",(long)components.minute];
            }
            else
            {
                temp=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld mins ago",(long)components.minute];
            }

        }
        else if (components.second!=0){
            if(components.second==1)
            {
                temp= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld sec ago",(long)components.second];
            }
            else
            {
                temp=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld secs ago",(long)components.second];
            }

        }
    }
    return temp;
}

But its not showing correctly.If i post any record to server,its shows -1 secs ago How to solve this with above code.

My server date response is NSString

2015-09-16T14:16:49.187Z

I need to calculate curent time with server date diffrence.

To avoid this i have added +2 secs manaually

temp=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld secs ago",(long)components.second+2]; 

thats not good way to get this done, please help me with this.


Solution

  • For Create Time Ago thing i used NSDate-TimeAgo and #import "NSDate+TimeAgo.h" in app delegate i create + method like following:

    +(NSString*)GetTimeAgofromDate:(NSString*)DateString
    {
        NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
        [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z"];
        NSDate *dateFromString = [[NSDate alloc] init];
        // voila!
        dateFromString = [dateFormatter dateFromString:DateString];
        NSTimeInterval timeZoneSeconds = [[NSTimeZone localTimeZone] secondsFromGMT];
        NSDate *dateInLocalTimezone = [dateFromString dateByAddingTimeInterval:timeZoneSeconds];
    
    
        NSDateFormatter *workingHoursFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
        [workingHoursFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
       // NSString *str = [workingHoursFormatter stringFromDate:dateInLocalTimezone];
        //;
        NSString *timeAgoFormattedDate = [dateInLocalTimezone timeAgo];
    
    
        return timeAgoFormattedDate;
    
    }
    

    Might be this is helpful to you.