get_time_ago #

A new Flutter plugin to format DateTime into get_time_ago format to get DateTime like 10 seconds ago, a minute ago, 7 hours ago.

Usage #

Format any DateTime into get_time_ago format by following steps:

import 'package:get_time_ago/get_time_ago.dart';

var _dateTime = DateTime.now().subtract(const Duration(minutes: 10));
print(TimeAgo.getTimeAgo(_dateTime)); // 10 minutes ago
print(TimeAgo.getTimeAgo(_dateTime, locale:'es')); // hace 10 minutos

Formatting String as get_time_ago #

If you saved a DateTime as a formatted String to any variable, database or cloud, then you can parse this DateTime and format it into get_time_ago format by following steps:

import 'package:get_time_ago/get_time_ago.dart';

var _timestamp = '2020-09-10 05:21:37.712498'; // [DateTime] formatted as String.
var result = TimeAgo.getTimeAgo(DateTime.parse(_timestamp));
print(result);

Setting default locale #

If you want to change default locale, then call setDefaultLocale method into a function.

import 'package:get_time_ago/get_time_ago.dart';

@override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    TimeAgo.setDefaultLocale('fr'); // Set default locale to French
  }