A Flutter package to convert and format DateTime object into get_time_ago format to get
String like 10 seconds ago, a minute ago, 7 hours ago, etc.
Add get_time_ago as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.
dependencies:
get_time_ago: latest_versionFormat any DateTime object into get_time_ago format by following steps:
// Import the plugin
import 'package:get_time_ago/get_time_ago.dart';
// Pass DateTime object as argument in the method
var _dateTime = DateTime.now().subtract(const Duration(minutes: 10)); // [DateTime] object
print(GetTimeAgo.parse(_dateTime)); // 10 minutes ago
// Formatting with locale
print(GetTimeAgo.parse(_dateTime, locale:'es')); // hace 10 minutosIf you have saved a DateTime object as a String into a variable, database or cloud, then you have to
first convert the String into DateTime object and then pass it as argument in parse method of
get_time_ago plugin to format it into get_time_ago format by following steps:
// Import the plugin
import 'package:get_time_ago/get_time_ago.dart';
var _timestamp = '2021-05-10 05:21:37.712498'; // [DateTime] formatted as String.
var _convertedTimestamp = DateTime.parse(_timestamp); // Converting into [DateTime] object
var result = GetTimeAgo.parse(_convertedTimestamp);
print(result);If you want to change your default locale, then call setDefaultLocale method and pass the
locale code as the argument.
// Import the plugin
import 'package:get_time_ago/get_time_ago.dart';
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
GetTimeAgo.setDefaultLocale('fr'); // Sets the default locale to French
}Implementing and Adding Custom Messages
class CustomMessages implements Messages {
@override
String prefixAgo() => '';
@override
String suffixAgo() => 'ago';
@override
String secsAgo(int seconds) => '$seconds seconds';
@override
String minAgo(int minutes) => 'a minute';
@override
String minsAgo(int minutes) => '$minutes minutes';
@override
String hourAgo(int minutes) => 'an hour';
@override
String hoursAgo(int hours) => '$hours hours';
@override
String dayAgo(int hours) => 'a day';
@override
String daysAgo(int days) => '$days days';
@override
String wordSeparator() => ' ';
}Overriding en Locale Messages with Custom Messages
GetTimeAgo.setCustomLocaleMessages('en', CustomMessages());
