| DateTimeFormatExtensionsToStatusStyleString Method (DateTime) |
Returns a status-message (eg Facebook, + etc) style format for a timestamp, using the current UTC time as reference.
The string is shown as a difference between timestamp and reference time for renderings such as "yesterday", "x minutes/hours ago", "Monday etc"
Namespace: Entelect.Extensions
Assembly: Entelect (in Entelect.dll) Version: 0.0.79
SyntaxC#
public static string ToStatusStyleString( this DateTime timestamp )
Parameters
- timestamp
- Type: SystemDateTime
The timestamp for the event
Return Value
Type: StringA 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).See Also