final Label resultLabel = new Label();
RootPanel.get("resultLabelContainer").insert(resultLabel, 0);
final RelativeTime relativeFormatter = new RelativeTime();
try {
Date date = dateTimeFormat.parse(dateString);
relativeFormatter.tend(resultLabel, date);
}
catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
resultLabel.setText("");
errorLabel.setText("Error parsing that date: " + e.getMessage());
}