Android: Is there a way to show "min" instead of "minute" with DateUtils

Question

I'm using DateUtils to show the posted time. But is there a way to show:

"4 min ago" instead of "4 minutes ago"

        CharSequence result = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(timestamp, Currenttime,DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS);

I think this post will help you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19409035/custom-format-for-relative-time-span — Alvaro, Feb 08 '17 at 14:13

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 08 '17 at 14:26

use

 getRelativeTimeSpanString (long time, 
                long now, 
                long minResolution, 
                int flags)

and provide as DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE as flags.

Accordingly to the documentation

Can use FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE flag to use abbreviated relative times, like "42 mins ago".

E.g.

CharSequence result = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(timestamp, Currenttime,DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS, DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE);

should do it.

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