stream-chat-android-ui-common/io.getstream.chat.android.ui.common.helper/DateFormatter

DateFormatter

interface DateFormatter

An interface that allows to format date-time objects as strings.

Types

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object Companion

Functions

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abstract fun formatDate(date: Date?): String

Formats the given date as a String. A normal implementation of this method would return a string like "Yesterday", "Saturday", "9:25 AM"/"9:25", ... It is used to format the date of the last message in the channel list and the when an user voted in a poll.

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abstract fun formatRelativeDate(date: Date): String

Returns a relative date string for the given date. A normal implementation of this method would return a string like "Yesterday", "A day ago", ... It is used to format the date of the separator in the message list.

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abstract fun formatRelativeTime(date: Date?): String

Formats the given date as a relative time string. A normal implementation of this method would return a string like "Just now", "5 minutes ago", ... It is used to format the time when a message was edited in the message list.

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abstract fun formatTime(date: Date?): String

Formats the given time as a String. A normal implementation of this method would return a string like "9:25 AM"/"9:25". It is used to format the time of the message in the message list.