changed dates in lists to relative timespans (e.g. "3 days ago")

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/Converter.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/Converter.java
index f02e8ea69..7ca291919 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/Converter.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/Converter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.util;
 
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.R;
 
 /** Provides methods for converting various units. */
 public final class Converter {
@@ -78,4 +81,16 @@ public final class Converter {
     	
     	return String.format("%02d:%02d", h, m);
     }
+    
+    /** Converts milliseconds to a relative time span,
+     * will return "a moment ago" if it's less than a minute ago */
+    public static String getRelativeTimeSpanString(Context context, long millis) {
+    	long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    	if (now - millis <= 60 * 1000) {
+    		return context.getString(R.string.a_moment_ago);
+    	} else {
+    		return DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(
+    				millis, now, 0, 0).toString();
+    	}
+    }
 }