ReadableDiff

Contents

Namespace

SubSonic.Extensions.Dates

Summary

Displays the difference in time between the two dates. Return example is "12 years 4 months 24 days 8 hours 33 minutes 5 seconds

Example

string diff=DateTime.Now.ReadableDiff(DateTime.Now.AddYears(3));

Unit Test

public void ReadableDiff_Should_Say_3_Years_Ago_When_DateTimeNow_Is_Diffed_With_DateTimeNow_AddYears_3() {
    var today = DateTime.Now;
    var then = DateTime.Now.AddYears(3);
    var diff = today.ReadableDiff(then);
    Assert.Equal("3 years ago", diff);
}

Comments

SubSonic 3.0 implements this as an extension on System.DateTime - 2.x uses a static method on SubSonic.Sugar.Dates.

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