TimeUtils.java

package com.alorma.github.utils;

import android.content.Context;
import com.alorma.github.R;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import org.ocpsoft.prettytime.PrettyTime;
import org.ocpsoft.prettytime.units.Century;
import org.ocpsoft.prettytime.units.Millennium;
import org.ocpsoft.prettytime.units.Month;
import org.ocpsoft.prettytime.units.Week;
import org.ocpsoft.prettytime.units.Year;

public class TimeUtils {

  public static String getDateToText(Context context, Date date, int resId) {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(context.getString(R.string.at_date_format), Locale.getDefault());

    return context.getString(resId, sdf.format(date));
  }

  public static String getTimeAgoString(String date) {
    DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'").withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC);

    DateTime dt = formatter.parseDateTime(date);
    PrettyTime p = new PrettyTime();

    p.removeUnit(Millennium.class);
    p.removeUnit(Century.class);
    p.removeUnit(Year.class);
    p.removeUnit(Month.class);
    p.removeUnit(Week.class);

    return p.format(new Date(dt.getMillis()));
  }

  public static String getLongTimeAgoString(String date) {
    DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'").withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC);

    DateTime dt = formatter.parseDateTime(date);
    PrettyTime p = new PrettyTime();

    p.removeUnit(Millennium.class);
    p.removeUnit(Century.class);

    return p.format(new Date(dt.getMillis()));
  }
}