diff --git a/src/ORM/FieldType/DBDatetime.php b/src/ORM/FieldType/DBDatetime.php
index 877c707f260..cbc3b8e860f 100644
--- a/src/ORM/FieldType/DBDatetime.php
+++ b/src/ORM/FieldType/DBDatetime.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType;
 
+use DateTime;
 use Exception;
 use IntlDateFormatter;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
@@ -195,6 +196,69 @@ public function scaffoldFormField($title = null, $params = null)
         return $field;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the amount of time inbetween two datetimes.
+     */
+    public static function getTimeBetween(DBDateTime $from, DBDateTime $to): string
+    {
+        $fromRaw = new DateTime();
+        $fromRaw->setTimestamp((int) $from->getTimestamp());
+        $toRaw = new DateTime();
+        $toRaw->setTimestamp((int) $to->getTimestamp());
+        $diff = $fromRaw->diff($toRaw);
+        $result = [];
+        if ($diff->y) {
+            $result[] = _t(
+                __CLASS__ . '.nYears',
+                'one year|{count} years',
+                ['count' => $diff->y]
+            );
+        }
+        if ($diff->m) {
+            $result[] = _t(
+                __CLASS__ . '.nMonths',
+                'one month|{count} months',
+                ['count' => $diff->m]
+            );
+        }
+        if ($diff->d) {
+            $result[] = _t(
+                __CLASS__ . '.nDays',
+                'one day|{count} days',
+                ['count' => $diff->d]
+            );
+        }
+        if ($diff->h) {
+            $result[] = _t(
+                __CLASS__ . '.nHours',
+                'one hour|{count} hours',
+                ['count' => $diff->h]
+            );
+        }
+        if ($diff->i) {
+            $result[] = _t(
+                __CLASS__ . '.nMinutes',
+                'one minute|{count} minutes',
+                ['count' => $diff->i]
+            );
+        }
+        if ($diff->s) {
+            $result[] = _t(
+                __CLASS__ . '.nSeconds',
+                'one second|{count} seconds',
+                ['count' => $diff->s]
+            );
+        }
+        if (empty($result)) {
+            return _t(
+                __CLASS__ . '.nSeconds',
+                '{count} seconds',
+                ['count' => 0]
+            );
+        }
+        return implode(', ', $result);
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      */
diff --git a/tests/php/ORM/DBDatetimeTest.php b/tests/php/ORM/DBDatetimeTest.php
index 71b24be225b..9196016d814 100644
--- a/tests/php/ORM/DBDatetimeTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/ORM/DBDatetimeTest.php
@@ -302,4 +302,50 @@ public function modifyProvider()
             ['-59 seconds', '2019-03-03 11:59:01'],
         ];
     }
+
+    public function provideGetTimeBetween(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'no time between' => [
+                'timeBefore' => '2019-03-03 12:00:00',
+                'timeAfter' => '2019-03-03 12:00:00',
+                'expected' => '0 seconds',
+            ],
+            'one second between' => [
+                'timeBefore' => '2019-03-03 12:00:00',
+                'timeAfter' => '2019-03-03 12:00:01',
+                'expected' => 'one second',
+            ],
+            'some seconds between' => [
+                'timeBefore' => '2019-03-03 12:00:00',
+                'timeAfter' => '2019-03-03 12:00:15',
+                'expected' => '15 seconds',
+            ],
+            'days and minutes between' => [
+                'timeBefore' => '2019-03-03 12:00:00',
+                'timeAfter' => '2019-03-15 12:05:00',
+                'expected' => '12 days, 5 minutes',
+            ],
+            'years, months, and hours between' => [
+                'timeBefore' => '2019-03-03 12:00:00',
+                'timeAfter' => '2028-01-03 17:00:00',
+                'expected' => '8 years, 10 months, 5 hours',
+            ],
+            'backwards in time doesnt say "negative" or "-"' => [
+                'timeBefore' => '2019-03-03 12:00:00',
+                'timeAfter' => '2018-01-06 12:01:12',
+                'expected' => 'one year, one month, 27 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes, 48 seconds',
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideGetTimeBetween
+     */
+    public function testGetTimeBetween(string $timeBefore, string $timeAfter, string $expected): void
+    {
+        $before = (new DBDateTime())->setValue($timeBefore);
+        $after = (new DBDateTime())->setValue($timeAfter);
+        $this->assertSame($expected, DBDatetime::getTimeBetween($before, $after));
+    }
 }