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copied!<p><sup><em>Since everyone shouts "YOODAA!!!" but noone posts a concrete example, here's my contribution.</em></sup></p> <p>You could also do this with <a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/" rel="noreferrer">Joda-Time</a>. Use <a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/Period.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>Period</code></a> to represent a period. To format the period in the desired human representation, use <a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/PeriodFormatter.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>PeriodFormatter</code></a> which you can build by <a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/PeriodFormatterBuilder.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>PeriodFormatterBuilder</code></a>.</p> <p>Here's a kickoff example:</p> <pre><code>DateTime myBirthDate = new DateTime(1978, 3, 26, 12, 35, 0, 0); DateTime now = new DateTime(); Period period = new Period(myBirthDate, now); PeriodFormatter formatter = new PeriodFormatterBuilder() .appendYears().appendSuffix(" year, ", " years, ") .appendMonths().appendSuffix(" month, ", " months, ") .appendWeeks().appendSuffix(" week, ", " weeks, ") .appendDays().appendSuffix(" day, ", " days, ") .appendHours().appendSuffix(" hour, ", " hours, ") .appendMinutes().appendSuffix(" minute, ", " minutes, ") .appendSeconds().appendSuffix(" second", " seconds") .printZeroNever() .toFormatter(); String elapsed = formatter.print(period); System.out.println(elapsed + " ago"); </code></pre> <p>Much more clear and concise, isn't it? </p> <p>This prints by now </p> <pre> 32 years, 1 month, 1 week, 5 days, 6 hours, 56 minutes, 24 seconds ago </pre> <p><sup><sub>(Cough, old, cough)</sub></sup> </p>

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