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Android: Is there a way to show "min" instead of "minute" with DateUtils

I'm using DateUtils to show the posted time. But is there a way to show:

"4 min ago" instead of "4 minutes ago"

        CharSequence result = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(timestamp, Currenttime,DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS);
Solution

  • use 

     getRelativeTimeSpanString (long time, 
                long now, 
                long minResolution, 
                int flags)

    and provide as DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE as flags.

    Accordingly to the documentation

    Can use FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE flag to use abbreviated relative times, like "42 mins ago".

    E.g.

    CharSequence result = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(timestamp, Currenttime,DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS, DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE);

    should do it.