title: How to calculate elapsed time from now with Joda-Time?
body: <p>I need to calculate the <strong>time elapsed from one specific date till now</strong> and display it with the same format as StackOverflow questions, i.e.:</p>
  
  <pre><code>15s ago
  2min ago
  2hours ago
  2days ago
  25th Dec 08
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Do you know how to achieve it with the Java <strong><a href="http://www.joda.org/joda-time/" rel="noreferrer">Joda-Time</a> library</strong>? Is there a helper method out there that already implements it, or should I write the algorithm myself?</p>