extension TimeAgoExtension on DateTime { /// Displays the time difference of this [DateTime] object to the current time as a [String] String timeAgo({bool numericDates = true}) { DateTime date = toLocal(); final now = DateTime.now().toLocal(); final difference = now.difference(date); if (difference.inSeconds < 5) { return 'Just now'; } else if (difference.inSeconds < 60) { return '${difference.inSeconds} seconds ago'; } else if (difference.inMinutes <= 1) { return (numericDates) ? '1 minute ago' : 'A minute ago'; } else if (difference.inMinutes < 60) { return '${difference.inMinutes} minutes ago'; } else if (difference.inHours <= 1) { return (numericDates) ? '1 hour ago' : 'An hour ago'; } else if (difference.inHours < 60) { return '${difference.inHours} hours ago'; } else if (difference.inDays <= 1) { return (numericDates) ? '1 day ago' : 'Yesterday'; } else if (difference.inDays < 6) { return '${difference.inDays} days ago'; } else if ((difference.inDays / 7).ceil() <= 1) { return (numericDates) ? '1 week ago' : 'Last week'; } else if ((difference.inDays / 7).ceil() < 4) { return '${(difference.inDays / 7).ceil()} weeks ago'; } else if ((difference.inDays / 30).ceil() <= 1) { return (numericDates) ? '1 month ago' : 'Last month'; } else if ((difference.inDays / 30).ceil() < 30) { return '${(difference.inDays / 30).ceil()} months ago'; } else if ((difference.inDays / 365).ceil() <= 1) { return (numericDates) ? '1 year ago' : 'Last year'; } return '${(difference.inDays / 365).floor()} years ago'; } }