Android in date write today yesterday 2 days ago like that

Question

I need to print date like today,Yesterday,2 days ago like that for that i have done I am getting date like : String date1 = \"Thu Nov 13 19:01:25 GMT+05:30 2014\";

Answer 1

for Android you can use the most simple way with Joda-Time-Android library:

Date yourTime = new Date();
DateTime dateTime = new DateTime(yourTime); //or simple DateTime.now()
final String result = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(getContext(), dateTime);