Use 2 Duration From the Past Until Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
With Non-Continuous Verbs (= verbs that need no -ing to express the Progressive. Examples are: to be, to need, to exist, to own, to want) we use the Present Perfect to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now.
"For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect.
Examples:
Note that Dutch uses the Onvoltooid Tegenwoordige Tijd in those cases:
Ik ben al twee weken verkouden/Ze is al zes maanden in Nederland/Ze houdt van chocola van jongs af aan.