将时间改为显示：几天前，几小时前，或者几分钟前

方法一：

个人做法是保存时间戳，然后在前端用jq插件做转换，比如 smart-time-ago

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方法二：

（通过freemarker模板）如果用freemarker模板可以这样写，别的模板类推

根据自己的意愿修改条件和输出，把你的datetime传进去即可

<#macro timeline_dt datetime=.now>
<#assign ct = (.now?long-datetime?long)/1000>
<#if ct gte 31104000><#--n年前-->${(ct/31104000)?int}年前
    <#t><#elseif ct gte 2592000><#--n月前-->${(ct/2592000)?int}个月前
    <#t><#elseif ct gte 86400*2><#--n天前-->${(ct/86400)?int}天前
    <#t><#elseif ct gte 86400><#--1天前-->昨天
    <#t><#elseif ct gte 3600><#--n小时前-->${(ct/3600)?int}小时前
    <#t><#elseif ct gte 60><#--n分钟前-->${(ct/60)?int}分钟前
    <#t><#elseif ct gt 0><#--n秒前-->${ct?int}秒前
    <#t><#else>刚刚
</#if>
</#macro>

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方法三：

找到一个专门的插件PrettyTime

public static void main(String[] args) {
         
        PrettyTime p = new PrettyTime();
        System.out.println(p.format(DateUtils.addDays(new Date(), 2)));
    }

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方法四：

自定义Java方法：

private final static long minute = 60 * 1000;// 1分钟
    private final static long hour = 60 * minute;// 1小时
    private final static long day = 24 * hour;// 1天
    private final static long month = 31 * day;// 月
    private final static long year = 12 * month;// 年
 
    /**
     * 返回文字描述的日期
     * 
     * @param date
     * @return
     */
    public static String getTimeFormatText(Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }
        long diff = new Date().getTime() - date.getTime();
        long r = 0;
        if (diff > year) {
            r = (diff / year);
            return r + "年前";
        }
        if (diff > month) {
            r = (diff / month);
            return r + "个月前";
        }
        if (diff > day) {
            r = (diff / day);
            return r + "天前";
        }
        if (diff > hour) {
            r = (diff / hour);
            return r + "个小时前";
        }
        if (diff > minute) {
            r = (diff / minute);
            return r + "分钟前";
        }
        return "刚刚";
    }

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方法五：

使用js插件：（原版的timeago.js）

// Smart Time Ago v0.1.0

// Copyright 2012, Terry Tai, Pragmatic.ly
// https://pragmatic.ly/
// Licensed under the MIT license.
// https://github.com/pragmaticly/smart-time-ago/blob/master/LICENSE

(function() {
  var TimeAgo;

  TimeAgo = (function() {

    function TimeAgo(element, options) {
      this.startInterval = 60000;
      this.init(element, options);
    }

    TimeAgo.prototype.init = function(element, options) {
      this.$element = $(element);
      this.options = $.extend({}, $.fn.timeago.defaults, options);
      this.updateTime();
      return this.startTimer();
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.startTimer = function() {
      var self;
      self = this;
      return this.interval = setInterval((function() {
        return self.refresh();
      }), this.startInterval);
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.stopTimer = function() {
      return clearInterval(this.interval);
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.restartTimer = function() {
      this.stopTimer();
      return this.startTimer();
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.refresh = function() {
      this.updateTime();
      return this.updateInterval();
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.updateTime = function() {
      var self;
      self = this;
      return this.$element.findAndSelf(this.options.selector).each(function() {
        var timeAgoInWords;
        timeAgoInWords = self.timeAgoInWords($(this).attr(self.options.attr));
        return $(this).html(timeAgoInWords);
      });
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.updateInterval = function() {
      var filter, newestTime, newestTimeInMinutes, newestTimeSrc;
      if (this.$element.findAndSelf(this.options.selector).length > 0) {
        if (this.options.dir === "up") {
          filter = ":first";
        } else if (this.options.dir === "down") {
          filter = ":last";
        }
        newestTimeSrc = this.$element.findAndSelf(this.options.selector).filter(filter).attr(this.options.attr);
        newestTime = this.parse(newestTimeSrc);
        newestTimeInMinutes = this.getTimeDistanceInMinutes(newestTime);
        if (newestTimeInMinutes >= 0 && newestTimeInMinutes <= 44 && this.startInterval !== 60000) {
          this.startInterval = 60000;
          return this.restartTimer();
        } else if (newestTimeInMinutes >= 45 && newestTimeInMinutes <= 89 && this.startInterval !== 60000 * 22) {
          this.startInterval = 60000 * 22;
          return this.restartTimer();
        } else if (newestTimeInMinutes >= 90 && newestTimeInMinutes <= 2519 && this.startInterval !== 60000 * 30) {
          this.startInterval = 60000 * 30;
          return this.restartTimer();
        } else if (newestTimeInMinutes >= 2520 && this.startInterval !== 60000 * 60 * 12) {
          this.startInterval = 60000 * 60 * 12;
          return this.restartTimer();
        }
      }
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.timeAgoInWords = function(timeString) {
      var absolutTime;
      absolutTime = this.parse(timeString);
      return this.distanceOfTimeInWords(absolutTime) + (this.options.lang.suffix);
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.parse = function(iso8601) {
      var timeStr;
      timeStr = $.trim(iso8601);
      timeStr = timeStr.replace(/\.\d\d\d+/, "");
      timeStr = timeStr.replace(/-/, "/").replace(/-/, "/");
      timeStr = timeStr.replace(/T/, " ").replace(/Z/, " UTC");
      timeStr = timeStr.replace(/([\+\-]\d\d)\:?(\d\d)/, " $1$2");
      return new Date(timeStr);
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.getTimeDistanceInMinutes = function(absolutTime) {
      var timeDistance;
      timeDistance = new Date().getTime() - absolutTime.getTime();
      return Math.round((Math.abs(timeDistance) / 1000) / 60);
    };

    TimeAgo.prototype.distanceOfTimeInWords = function(absolutTime) {
      var dim;
      dim = this.getTimeDistanceInMinutes(absolutTime);
      if (dim === 0) {
        return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.lt + " " + this.options.lang.units.minute;
      } else if (dim === 1) {
        return "1 " + this.options.lang.units.minute;
      } else if (dim >= 2 && dim <= 44) {
        return "" + dim + " " + this.options.lang.units.minutes;
      } else if (dim >= 45 && dim <= 89) {
        return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.about + " 1 " + this.options.lang.units.hour;
      } else if (dim >= 90 && dim <= 1439) {
        return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.about + " " + (Math.round(dim / 60)) + " " + this.options.lang.units.hours;
      } else if (dim >= 1440 && dim <= 2519) {
        return "1 " + this.options.lang.units.day;
      } else if (dim >= 2520 && dim <= 43199) {
        return "" + (Math.round(dim / 1440)) + " " + this.options.lang.units.days;
      } else if (dim >= 43200 && dim <= 86399) {
        return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.about + " 1 " + this.options.lang.units.month;
      } else if (dim >= 86400 && dim <= 525599) {
        return "" + (Math.round(dim / 43200)) + " " + this.options.lang.units.months;
      } else if (dim >= 525600 && dim <= 655199) {
        return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.about + " 1 " + this.options.lang.units.year;
      } else if (dim >= 655200 && dim <= 914399) {
        return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.over + " 1 " + this.options.lang.units.year;
      } else if (dim >= 914400 && dim <= 1051199) {
        return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.almost + " 2 " + this.options.lang.units.years;
      } else {
        return "" + this.options.lang.prefixes.about + " " + (Math.round(dim / 525600)) + " " + this.options.lang.units.years;
      }
    };

    return TimeAgo;

  })();

  $.fn.timeago = function(options) {
    if (options == null) options = {};
    return this.each(function() {
      var $this, data;
      $this = $(this);
      data = $this.data("timeago");
      if (!data) $this.data("timeago", new TimeAgo(this, options));
      if (typeof options === 'string') return data[options]();
    });
  };

  $.fn.findAndSelf = function(selector) {
    return this.find(selector).add(this.filter(selector));
  };

  $.fn.timeago.Constructor = TimeAgo;

  $.fn.timeago.defaults = {
    selector: 'time.timeago',
    attr: 'datetime',
    dir: 'up',
    lang: {
      units: {
        second: "second",
        seconds: "seconds",
        minute: "minute",
        minutes: "minutes",
        hour: "hour",
        hours: "hours",
        day: "day",
        days: "days",
        month: "month",
        months: "months",
        year: "year",
        years: "years"
      },
      prefixes: {
        lt: "less than a",
        about: "about",
        over: "over",
        almost: "almost"
      },
      suffix: ' ago'
    }
  };

}).call(this);

使用js插件：（改装版（简哟版）timeago.js）中文的

(function (factory) {
  if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
    // AMD. Register as an anonymous module.
    define(['jquery'], factory);
  } else {
    // Browser globals
    factory(jQuery);
  }
}(function ($) {
  $.timeago = function(timestamp) {
    if (timestamp instanceof Date) {
      return inWords(timestamp);
    } else if (typeof timestamp === "string") {
      return inWords($.timeago.parse(timestamp));
    } else if (typeof timestamp === "number") {
      return inWords(new Date(timestamp));
    } else {
      return inWords($.timeago.datetime(timestamp));
    }
  };
  var $t = $.timeago;

  $.extend($.timeago, {
    settings: {
      refreshMillis: 60000,
      allowFuture: false,
      localeTitle: false,
      cutoff: 0,
      strings: {
        prefixAgo: null,
        prefixFromNow: null,
        suffixAgo: "前",
        suffixFromNow: "from now",
        seconds: "1分钟",
        minute: "1分钟",
        minutes: "%d分钟",
        hour: "1小时",
        hours: "%d小时",
        day: "1天",
        days: "%d天",
        month: "1月",
        months: "%d月",
        year: "1年",
        years: "%d年",
        wordSeparator: "",
        numbers: []
      }
    },
    inWords: function(distanceMillis) {
      var $l = this.settings.strings;
      var prefix = $l.prefixAgo;
      var suffix = $l.suffixAgo;
      if (this.settings.allowFuture) {
        if (distanceMillis < 0) {
          prefix = $l.prefixFromNow;
          suffix = $l.suffixFromNow;
        }
      }

      var seconds = Math.abs(distanceMillis) / 1000;
      var minutes = seconds / 60;
      var hours = minutes / 60;
      var days = hours / 24;
      var years = days / 365;

      function substitute(stringOrFunction, number) {
        var string = $.isFunction(stringOrFunction) ? stringOrFunction(number, distanceMillis) : stringOrFunction;
        var value = ($l.numbers && $l.numbers[number]) || number;
        return string.replace(/%d/i, value);
      }

      var words = seconds < 45 && substitute($l.seconds, Math.round(seconds)) ||
        seconds < 90 && substitute($l.minute, 1) ||
        minutes < 45 && substitute($l.minutes, Math.round(minutes)) ||
        minutes < 90 && substitute($l.hour, 1) ||
        hours < 24 && substitute($l.hours, Math.round(hours)) ||
        hours < 42 && substitute($l.day, 1) ||
        days < 30 && substitute($l.days, Math.round(days)) ||
        days < 45 && substitute($l.month, 1) ||
        days < 365 && substitute($l.months, Math.round(days / 30)) ||
        years < 1.5 && substitute($l.year, 1) ||
        substitute($l.years, Math.round(years));

      var separator = $l.wordSeparator || "";
      if ($l.wordSeparator === undefined) { separator = " "; }
      return $.trim([prefix, words, suffix].join(separator));
    },
    parse: function(iso8601) {
      var s = $.trim(iso8601);
      s = s.replace(/\.\d+/,""); // remove milliseconds
      s = s.replace(/-/,"/").replace(/-/,"/");
      s = s.replace(/T/," ").replace(/Z/," UTC");
      s = s.replace(/([\+\-]\d\d)\:?(\d\d)/," $1$2"); // -04:00 -> -0400
      return new Date(s);
    },
    datetime: function(elem) {
      var iso8601 = $t.isTime(elem) ? $(elem).attr("datetime") : $(elem).attr("title");
      return $t.parse(iso8601);
    },
    isTime: function(elem) {
      // jQuery's `is()` doesn't play well with HTML5 in IE
      return $(elem).get(0).tagName.toLowerCase() === "time"; // $(elem).is("time");
    }
  });

  // functions that can be called via $(el).timeago('action')
  // init is default when no action is given
  // functions are called with context of a single element
  var functions = {
    init: function(){
      var refresh_el = $.proxy(refresh, this);
      refresh_el();
      var $s = $t.settings;
      if ($s.refreshMillis > 0) {
        setInterval(refresh_el, $s.refreshMillis);
      }
    },
    update: function(time){
      $(this).data('timeago', { datetime: $t.parse(time) });
      refresh.apply(this);
    },
    updateFromDOM: function(){
      $(this).data('timeago', { datetime: $t.parse( $t.isTime(this) ? $(this).attr("datetime") : $(this).attr("title") ) });
      refresh.apply(this);
    }
  };

  $.fn.timeago = function(action, options) {
    var fn = action ? functions[action] : functions.init;
    if(!fn){
      throw new Error("Unknown function name '"+ action +"' for timeago");
    }
    // each over objects here and call the requested function
    this.each(function(){
      fn.call(this, options);
    });
    return this;
  };

  function refresh() {
    var data = prepareData(this);
    var $s = $t.settings;

    if (!isNaN(data.datetime)) {
      if ( $s.cutoff == 0 || distance(data.datetime) < $s.cutoff) {
        $(this).text(inWords(data.datetime));
      }
    }
    return this;
  }

  function prepareData(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (!element.data("timeago")) {
      element.data("timeago", { datetime: $t.datetime(element) });
      var text = $.trim(element.text());
      if ($t.settings.localeTitle) {
        element.attr("title", element.data('timeago').datetime.toLocaleString());
      } else if (text.length > 0 && !($t.isTime(element) && element.attr("title"))) {
        element.attr("title", text);
      }
    }
    return element.data("timeago");
  }

  function inWords(date) {
    return $t.inWords(distance(date));
  }

  function distance(date) {
    return (new Date().getTime() - date.getTime());
  }

  // fix for IE6 suckage
  document.createElement("abbr");
  document.createElement("time");
}));