avelis / ApproximateDate

Similar to Facebook, ApproximateDate is method that returns time qualitatively.

Approximate Date

A NSDate category extension used to help create approximate string output according to the date passed in.

1. If the difference between two dates is less than 5 seconds, approximate return “Just moments ago.”

• If less than a minute it return “X seconds ago.”
• If less than an hour, it return “X minutes ago.”

Example:

#import "NSDate+Approximate.h"
...
NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
//Variable approximate equals "Just moments ago".
NSString *approximate = [now approximate:dateLessThanFiveSecondsAgo];