public static string PrettyDate(this DateTime timeSubmitted)
{
// accepts standard DateTime: 5/12/2011 2:36:00 PM
// returns: "# month(s)/week(s)/day(s)/hour(s)/minute(s)/second(s)) ago"
string prettyDate;
TimeSpan diff = DateTime.Now - timeSubmitted;
if (diff.Seconds <= 0)
{
prettyDate = timeSubmitted.ToString("dd, MMM, yyyy");
}
else if (diff.Days > 365 )
{
var year = Math.Round(diff.Days / 365.0);
prettyDate = String.Format("{0} year{1}ago", year, (year >= 2 ? "s " : " "));
}
else if (diff.Days > 30)
{
var month = Math.Round(diff.Days / 30.0);
prettyDate = String.Format("{0} month{1}ago", month, (month >= 2 ? "s " : " "));
}
else if (diff.Days > 7)
{
var week = Math.Round(diff.Days / 7.0);
prettyDate = String.Format("{0} week{1}ago", week, (week >= 2 ? "s " : " "));
}
else if (diff.Days >= 1)
{
prettyDate = String.Format("{0} day{1}ago", diff.Days, (diff.Days >= 2 ? "s " : " "));
}
else if (diff.Hours >= 1)
{
prettyDate = String.Format("{0} hour{1}ago", diff.Hours, (diff.Hours >= 2 ? "s " : " "));
}
else if (diff.Minutes >= 1)
{
prettyDate = String.Format("{0} minute{1}ago", diff.Minutes, (diff.Minutes >= 2 ? "s " : " "));
}
else
{
prettyDate = String.Format("{0} second{1}ago", diff.Seconds, (diff.Seconds >= 2 ? "s " : " "));
}
return prettyDate;
}
