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DateTimeFormatExtensionsToStatusStyleString Method (DateTime, DateTime)
Returns a a status-style string for a given time (as on facbeook , + etc), using a forced reference time. The string is shown as a difference between timestamp and reference time for renderings such as "yesterday", "x minutes/hours ago", "Monday etc" Use the overload without a reference parameter to default to UTC NOW

Namespace: Entelect.Extensions
Assembly: Entelect (in Entelect.dll) Version: 0.0.79
Syntax
C#
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public static string ToStatusStyleString(
	this DateTime timestamp,
	DateTime referenceTime
)

Parameters

timestamp
Type: SystemDateTime
The timestamp of the event
referenceTime
Type: SystemDateTime
A reference time to calculate the difference from the timestamp

Return Value

Type: String
A nice human friendly "status style" string of the difference between the timestamp and reference time.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type DateTime. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
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