diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index d9db059d..1caae5b9 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ twine
 # Tests
 flake8
 py
+freezegun
 pytest
 pytest-datafiles
 pytest-mock
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 5c283171..16b706de 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from itertools import combinations
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
+import freezegun
 import pytest
 
 from watson import cli
@@ -100,6 +101,46 @@ def test_add_valid_date(runner, watson, test_dt, expected):
     assert OutputParser.get_start_date(watson, result.output) == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('test_dt,expected', VALID_DATES_DATA)
+def test_add_now(runner, watson, test_dt, expected):
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        cli.add,
+        ['-f', test_dt, '-t', 'now', 'project-name'],
+        obj=watson)
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert "and stopped just now." in result.output
+
+
+@freezegun.freeze_time()
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('from_, expected', [
+    (
+        "30 min ago",
+        arrow.now().shift(minutes=-30).format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:00'),
+    ),
+    (
+        "30min ago",
+        arrow.now().shift(minutes=-30).format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:00'),
+    ),
+    (
+        "01:30 ago",
+        arrow.now().shift(hours=-1, minutes=-30).format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:00'),
+    ),
+    (
+        "01:30:22 ago",
+        arrow.now()
+        .shift(hours=-1, minutes=-30, seconds=-22)
+        .format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'),
+    ),
+])
+def test_add_from_offset(runner, watson, from_, expected):
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        cli.add,
+        ['-f', from_, '-t', 'now', 'project-name'],
+        obj=watson)
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert OutputParser.get_start_date(watson, result.output) == expected
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('test_dt', INVALID_DATES_DATA)
 def test_add_invalid_date(runner, watson, test_dt):
     result = runner.invoke(cli.add,
diff --git a/watson/cli.py b/watson/cli.py
index 377b76b5..87b51600 100644
--- a/watson/cli.py
+++ b/watson/cli.py
@@ -109,10 +109,24 @@ def convert(self, value, param, ctx) -> arrow:
 
     def _parse_multiformat(self, value) -> arrow:
         date = None
-        for fmt in (None, 'HH:mm:ss', 'HH:mm'):
+        if value == "now":
+            return arrow.now()
+
+        for fmt in (None, 'HH:mm:ss', 'HH:mm', 'mm'):
             try:
                 if fmt is None:
                     date = arrow.get(value)
+                elif "ago" in value:
+                    v = value[:len(fmt)]
+                    offset = arrow.get(v, fmt)
+                    date = arrow.now().shift(
+                        hours=offset.hour * -1,
+                        minutes=offset.minute * -1,
+                        seconds=offset.second * -1,
+                    )
+                    if fmt != 'HH:mm:ss':
+                        date = date.replace(second=0)
+                    break
                 else:
                     date = arrow.get(value, fmt)
                     date = arrow.now().replace(
@@ -1222,11 +1236,28 @@ def add(watson, args, from_, to, confirm_new_project, confirm_new_tag):
     """
     Add time to a project with tag(s) that was not tracked live.
 
+    The `--from` and `--to` options support providing an offset, supported
+    formats [`HH:mm:ss ago`, `HH:mm ago`, `mm min ago`].
+
+    The `--to` option also supports providing `now` as the offset.
+
     Example:
 
     \b
     $ watson add --from "2018-03-20 12:00:00" --to "2018-03-20 13:00:00" \\
      programming +addfeature
+
+    \b
+    $ watson add --from "30 min ago" --to "now" \\
+     programming +addfeature
+
+    \b
+    $ watson add --from "09:30" --to "now" \\
+     programming +addfeature
+
+    \b
+    $ watson add --from "09:30" --to "30 min ago" \\
+     programming +addfeature
     """
     # parse project name from args
     project = ' '.join(