TestsTested | ✓ |
LangLanguage | SwiftSwift |
License | MIT |
ReleasedLast Release | Oct 2016 |
SPMSupports SPM | ✗ |
Maintained by Bitomule.
Date swift extension to format dates according to current date.
Embedded frameworks require a minimum deployment target of iOS 8 or OS X Mavericks.
RelativeFormatter is just an NSDate extension, you can use it with any NSDate object:
There’s only one function to call:
relativeFormatted(idiomatic:Bool=false,precision:Precision=Precision.Second)->String
Both parameters aren’t required.
This parameter is false by default and allows you to use idiomatic date format or just numbers.
Example:
//oldDate is yesterday date
oldDate.relativeFormatted()
//outputs
// “1 day ago”
oldDate.relativeFormatted(idiomatic:true)
//outputs
// “yesterday”
Precision parameter allows you to define the format precission. Default value is seconds.
Example:
todayDate.relativeFormatted(precision:Precision.Year)
//outputs
// “this year”
todayDate.relativeFormatted(precision:Precision.Month)
//outputs
// “this month”
todayDate.relativeFormatted(precision:Precision.Day)
//outputs
// “today”
todayDate.relativeFormatted(precision:Precision.Hour)
//outputs
// “3 hours ago”
You can always use relativeFormatted with default parameters. If you have an NSDate representing a date 2 months ago just use:
oldDate.relativeFormatted()
And you’ll get:
“2 months ago”
It also works for ahead dates (date in 3 years):
futureDate.relativeFormatted()
will return:
“In 3 years”
RelativeFormatter includes localization for:
If you can to include a new language please create a pull request