Getting difference between two dates Android

Question

Am having string posting date like :

2011-03-27T09:39:01.607

and There is current date .

I want to get difference between these tw

Answer 1

Try the following method that I used in one of my applications:

/**
 * Returns difference between time and current time as string like:
 * "23 mins ago" relative to current time.
 * @param time - The time to compare with current time in yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss format
 * @param currentTime - Present time in yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss format
 * @return String - The time difference as relative text(e.g. 23 mins ago)
 * @throws ParseException
 */
private String getTimeDiff(String time, String currentTime) throws ParseException
{
    DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    Date currentDate = (Date)formatter.parse(currentTime);
    Date oldDate = (Date)formatter.parse(time);
    long oldMillis = oldDate.getTime();
    long currentMillis = currentDate.getTime();
    return DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(oldMillis, currentMillis, 0).toString();
}