Adds a fuzzy date format based on NSDate+TimeAgo. Plan on converting to https://github.com/MatthewYork/DateTools/tree/master/DateTools once I get feedback from project. See MatthewYork/DateTools#26

Author: Chris Wilson

CoreDataUtil.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
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@@ -214,6 +223,7 @@
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 			children = (
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 				833FF6FC187860F1003ADCEA /* MFLConstants.m */,
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@@ -259,6 +269,24 @@
 			name = windows;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
 		};
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+			isa = PBXGroup;
+			children = (
+				8373BBB01A3740B3009E0297 /* timeago */,
+			);
+			path = extensions;
+			sourceTree = "<group>";
+		};
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+			isa = PBXGroup;
+			children = (
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+				8373BBB21A3740B3009E0297 /* NSDate+TimeAgo.m */,
+				8373BBB31A3740B3009E0297 /* NSDateTimeAgo.bundle */,
+			);
+			path = timeago;
+			sourceTree = "<group>";
+		};
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 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
@@ -534,6 +562,7 @@
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 				C1CEFE601463779D00466EB3 /* InfoPlist.strings in Resources */,
+				8373BBB71A3740B3009E0297 /* NSDateTimeAgo.bundle in Resources */,
 				C1CEFE661463779D00466EB3 /* Credits.rtf in Resources */,
 				C1CEFE6C1463779D00466EB3 /* MainMenu.xib in Resources */,
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@@ -556,6 +585,7 @@
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+				8373BBB81A3740B3009E0297 /* NSDateTimeAgo.bundle in Resources */,
 			);
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@@ -564,6 +594,7 @@
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+				8373BBB91A3740B3009E0297 /* NSDateTimeAgo.bundle in Resources */,
 			);
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@@ -628,6 +659,7 @@
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 				83AE7D3019FF1AB400DD152B /* SimulatorItem.m in Sources */,
 				5BE26B67157FF22700DC186E /* EntityDataTableView.m in Sources */,
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@@ -648,6 +680,7 @@
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@@ -658,6 +691,7 @@
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CoreDataUtil/MFLMainWindowController.m

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #import "FetchRequestInfoController.h"
 #import "ObjectInfoController.h"
 #import "MFLUtils.h"
+#import "NSDate+TimeAgo.h"
 
 // max length of text to display in cell
 static const int MAX_TEXT_LENGTH = 255;
@@ -452,7 +453,12 @@ - (NSView *)tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView viewForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn
     else if ([valueObj isKindOfClass:[NSDate class]]) {
         viewType = ViewTypeDate;
         [self setupDateFormatter];
-        viewText = [self.dateFormatter stringFromDate:valueObj];
+        if (self.dateStyle == NSDateFormatterShortStyle) {
+            viewText = [valueObj timeAgo];
+
+        } else {
+            viewText = [self.dateFormatter stringFromDate:valueObj];
+        }
     }
     else if ([valueObj isKindOfClass:[NSURL class]]) {
         viewType = ViewTypeLink;

CoreDataUtil/MFLMainWindowController.xib

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
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-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.Cocoa.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="6250" systemVersion="14B25" targetRuntime="MacOSX.Cocoa" propertyAccessControl="none">
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     <dependencies>
         <deployment identifier="macosx"/>
-        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin" version="6250"/>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin" version="6254"/>
     </dependencies>
     <objects>
         <customObject id="-2" userLabel="File's Owner" customClass="MFLMainWindowController">
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
                                                             <tableColumnResizingMask key="resizingMask" resizeWithTable="YES" userResizable="YES"/>
                                                             <prototypeCellViews>
                                                                 <tableCellView identifier="LINK" wantsLayer="YES" id="30" userLabel="MFLButtonTableViewCell" customClass="MFLTextTableCellView">
-                                                                    <rect key="frame" x="1" y="1" width="125.5" height="24"/>
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                                                                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                                                                     <subviews>
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@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
                                                             <tableColumnResizingMask key="resizingMask" resizeWithTable="YES" userResizable="YES"/>
                                                             <prototypeCellViews>
                                                                 <tableCellView identifier="TEXT" wantsLayer="YES" id="36" userLabel="MFLTextTableViewCell" customClass="MFLTextTableCellView">
-                                                                    <rect key="frame" x="130" y="1" width="97.5" height="24"/>
+                                                                    <rect key="frame" x="130" y="1" width="98" height="24"/>
                                                                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                                                                     <connections>
                                                                         <outlet property="cellButton" destination="33" id="aGb-lk-PwL"/>
@@ -299,14 +299,14 @@
                         <size key="minSize" width="104" height="25"/>
                         <size key="maxSize" width="221" height="28"/>
                         <segmentedControl key="view" verticalHuggingPriority="750" id="142">
-                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="14" width="215" height="25"/>
+                            <rect key="frame" x="1" y="14" width="214" height="25"/>
                             <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                             <segmentedCell key="cell" borderStyle="border" alignment="left" style="texturedSquare" trackingMode="selectOne" id="143">
                                 <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
                                 <segments>
-                                    <segment label="Short" toolTip="1/15/86 3:30pm" width="55"/>
-                                    <segment label="Medium" toolTip="Medium: Jan 15, 1986" width="57" selected="YES" tag="1"/>
-                                    <segment label="Long" toolTip="Long: January 15, 1986 3:30:32pm" width="55"/>
+                                    <segment label="Fuzzy" toolTip="1/15/86 3:30pm" width="55"/>
+                                    <segment label="Short" toolTip="Medium: Jan 15, 1986" width="57" selected="YES" tag="1"/>
+                                    <segment label="Medium" toolTip="Long: January 15, 1986 3:30:32pm" width="55"/>
                                     <segment label="Full" toolTip="Full: Wednesday, January 15, 1986 AD 3:30:32pm CST"/>
                                 </segments>
                             </segmentedCell>

CoreDataUtil/Utils/extensions/timeago/NSDate+TimeAgo.h

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+@interface NSDate (TimeAgo)
+- (NSString *) timeAgoSimple;
+- (NSString *) timeAgo;
+- (NSString *) timeAgoWithLimit:(NSTimeInterval)limit;
+- (NSString *) timeAgoWithLimit:(NSTimeInterval)limit dateFormat:(NSDateFormatterStyle)dFormatter andTimeFormat:(NSDateFormatterStyle)tFormatter;
+- (NSString *) timeAgoWithLimit:(NSTimeInterval)limit dateFormatter:(NSDateFormatter *)formatter;
+
+
+// this method only returns "{value} {unit} ago" strings and no "yesterday"/"last month" strings
+- (NSString *)dateTimeAgo;
+
+// this method gives when possible the date compared to the current calendar date: "this morning"/"yesterday"/"last week"/..
+// when more precision is needed (= less than 6 hours ago) it returns the same output as dateTimeAgo
+- (NSString *)dateTimeUntilNow;
+
+@end
+
+
+