How to calculate difference between two dates in years…etc with Joda-Time

Question

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import org.joda.time.*;

public class Test {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

String dateStart          


        

Answer 1

Period gives you this out of the box.

Period period = new Period(d1, d2);
System.out.print(period.getYears() + " years, ");
System.out.print(period.getMonths() + " months, ");
// ...

To prettify and get a little more control over the output, you can use a PeriodFormatterBuilder.