Incorrect jodatime period - years months days

Question

I created a Utility method using jodatime to calculate date difference and display it such as 3y 2m 4d.

Here is my method:

public static String date         


        

Answer 1

Unfortunately the standard period type in Joda Time includes weeks (yes - not intuitive at all, so it is not sufficient just to write new Period(from, to), but to use the alternative 3-args-constructor with an explicit period type argument where you specify only years, months and days.

Solution:

Period period = 
  new Period(new LocalDate(start), new LocalDate(end), PeriodType.yearMonthDay());