feat: [FC-0047] Relative Dates

[IvanStepanok]

New Feature: Relative Date Display

The useRelativeDates functionality has been added to improve the readability of dates within the application. When this feature is enabled (default setting), dates within the range of -7 to +7 days from the current date will be displayed in a relative format (e.g., "just now," "2 days ago"). Dates outside this range will continue to be displayed in the traditional format. This setting can be toggled in the calendar synchronization settings.

Quick Demo

Screen.Recording.2024-07-19.at.11.26.47.mov

Environment for testing:

API_HOST_URL: 'https://axim-mobile.raccoongang.net'
ENVIRONMENT_DISPLAY_NAME: 'lms-axim-stage'
FEEDBACK_EMAIL_ADDRESS: '[email protected]'
OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: 'zP3vPz00c8fTRpYjNbVSlA1fxt9LnCxTM4JK1KQ0'
DISCOVERY:
    TYPE: "native"
    
FIREBASE:
    ENABLED: false

UI_COMPONENTS:
    COURSE_UNIT_PROGRESS_ENABLED: false
    COURSE_NESTED_LIST_ENABLED: false

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[sdaitzman]

HI @IvanStepanok, this looks almost all good from the design side. For upcoming dates within the This Week section, relative dates should use the day of the week e.g. "Friday" instead of "in 4 days."

There are a lot of edge cases here, so I did my best to document them in the Figma file below the Dates section: https://www.figma.com/design/iZ56YMjbRMShCCDxqrqRrR/Open-edX-Mobile-App-All-Screens-v2.2?node-id=6703-32751&t=vxtbWParuRUmfgkZ-4

Here are the cases documented there for reference: Sections & date formats (items appear once, in the first case they meet)

• “Completed” → all completed items
  • Current year: January 1
  • Before/after current year: January 1, 2010
• “Past due” → items due before the current time
  • Due on yesterday’s date between 12:00AM and 11:59PM: Yesterday
  • Within last 7 days: 3 Days Ago
  • Current year: January 1
  • Before/after current year: January 1, 2010
• “Today” → items due on the same calendar date i.e. before 11:59:59 PM
  • No date displayed
• “This Week” → items due within 7*24 hrs from now
  • Due next date between 12:00AM and 11:59PM: Tomorrow
  • Due the same day of the week as today, but a week away: Next Monday
  • Otherwise: Monday
• “Next week” → items due within 14*24hrs from now
  • January 1
• “Upcoming” → all remaining items
  • Current year: January 1

[sdaitzman]

Hi @IvanStepanok, once the date handling has been updated to match the comment above/what @PavloNetrebchuk described on the Android version, I think this is all clear from the design side for now.

In the future, I think it's worth coming back to this and reconsidering how we approach dates/examining some edge cases, so I've created a new roadmap issue (#513) to track that future work.

[IvanStepanok]

@salman2013 Thanks for your review; all feedback has been addressed.

[salman2013]

It looks good to me.

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