Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Calculate difference in days between two dates

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import java.util.Calendar;
 
public class DateDifferenceExample{
 
        public static void main(String[] args){
       
        //get instance of Calendar objects
        Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
        Calendar cal2 = Calendar.getInstance();
       
        //set two dates we want to know difference of
        cal1.set(2006, 12, 30);
        cal2.set(2007, 5, 3);
       
        long milis1 = cal1.getTimeInMillis();  
        long milis2 = cal2.getTimeInMillis();
       
        //difference in milliseconds
        long diff = milis2 - milis1;
       
        //difference in seconds
        long diffSeconds = diff / 1000;
       
        //difference in minutes
        long diffMinutes = diff / (60 * 1000);
       
        //difference in hours
        long diffHours = diff / (60 * 60 * 1000);
       
        //difference in days
        long diffDays = diff / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
       
        System.out.println("Date difference in milliseconds: " + diff + " milliseconds.");     
        System.out.println("Date difference in seconds: " + diffSeconds + " seconds.");
        System.out.println("Date difference in minutes: " + diffMinutes + " minutes.");
        System.out.println("Date difference in hours: " + diffHours + " hours.");      
        System.out.println("Date difference in days: " + diffDays + " days.");
       
        }
}
 
/*
Output of above date difference program would be
Date difference in milliseconds: 10713600000 milliseconds.
Date difference in seconds: 10713600 seconds.
Date difference in minutes: 178560 minutes.
Date difference in hours: 2976 hours.
Date difference in days: 124 days.
*/

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