How do I calculate difference in days between two dates?
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In the following example we are going to calculate the differences between two dates. First, you'll need to convert the date value into its corresponding value in milliseconds and then do the math calculation so we can get the difference in days, hours, minutes, etc.
For example to get the difference in day you'll need to divide the difference in milliseconds with (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).
package org.kodejava.example.util;
import java.util.Calendar;
public class DateDifferenceExample
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creates two calendars instances
Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
Calendar cal2 = Calendar.getInstance();
// Set the date for both of the calendar instance
cal1.set(2006, 12, 30);
cal2.set(2007, 5, 3);
// Get the represented date in milliseconds
long milis1 = cal1.getTimeInMillis();
long milis2 = cal2.getTimeInMillis();
// Calculate difference in milliseconds
long diff = milis2 - milis1;
// Calculate difference in seconds
long diffSeconds = diff / 1000;
// Calculate difference in minutes
long diffMinutes = diff / (60 * 1000);
// Calculate difference in hours
long diffHours = diff / (60 * 60 * 1000);
// Calculate difference in days
long diffDays = diff / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
System.out.println("In milliseconds: " + diff + " milliseconds.");
System.out.println("In seconds: " + diffSeconds + " seconds.");
System.out.println("In minutes: " + diffMinutes + " minutes.");
System.out.println("In hours: " + diffHours + " hours.");
System.out.println("In days: " + diffDays + " days.");
}
}
Here is the result:
In milliseconds: 10713600000 milliseconds.
In seconds: 10713600 seconds.
In minutes: 178560 minutes.
In hours: 2976 hours.
In days: 124 days.
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