Difference between two dates using the JODA Library

Question

I have two DateTime instances and i would like to find out the exact difference between them. I am using the following

DateTime dt = DateUtils.convertFromString(user.getUpdated());
DateTime now = DateTime.now();
Hours hours = Hours.hoursBetween(now, dt);

This off course only gives me the Hours between the two dates. I need the complete values like X Day y hours and z minutes. How can i do this ?

possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9318154/difference-of-two-joda-localdatetimes — Marco Forberg, May 29 '13 at 07:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 29 '13 at 07:26

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Period period = new Period(now, dt);

You can provide a PeriodType which specifies exactly which units you want.

(If dt was in the past, you probably actually want new Period(dt, now) instead, to give a positive period.)

answered May 29 '13 at 07:26

Jon Skeet

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