Java for client-side gwt usage:
package com.representdemocracy.client;
import java.util.Date;
public class RelativeDateFormat {
private static final long ONE_MINUTE = 60000L;
private static final long ONE_HOUR = 3600000L;
private static final long ONE_DAY = 86400000L;
private static final long ONE_WEEK = 604800000L;
public static String format(Date date) {
long delta = new Date().getTime() - date.getTime();
if (delta < 1L * ONE_MINUTE) {
return toSeconds(delta) == 1 ? "one second ago" : toSeconds(delta)
+ " seconds ago";
}
if (delta < 2L * ONE_MINUTE) {
return "one minute ago";
}
if (delta < 45L * ONE_MINUTE) {
return toMinutes(delta) + " minutes ago";
}
if (delta < 90L * ONE_MINUTE) {
return "one hour ago";
}
if (delta < 24L * ONE_HOUR) {
return toHours(delta) + " hours ago";
}
if (delta < 48L * ONE_HOUR) {
return "yesterday";
}
if (delta < 30L * ONE_DAY) {
return toDays(delta) + " days ago";
}
if (delta < 12L * 4L * ONE_WEEK) {
long months = toMonths(delta);
return months <= 1 ? "one month ago" : months + " months ago";
} else {
long years = toYears(delta);
return years <= 1 ? "one year ago" : years + " years ago";
}
}
private static long toSeconds(long date) {
return date / 1000L;
}
private static long toMinutes(long date) {
return toSeconds(date) / 60L;
}
private static long toHours(long date) {
return toMinutes(date) / 60L;
}
private static long toDays(long date) {
return toHours(date) / 24L;
}
private static long toMonths(long date) {
return toDays(date) / 30L;
}
private static long toYears(long date) {
return toMonths(date) / 365L;
}
}