calculate days between two dates in java
import java.util.Date; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; class Example{ public static void main(String args[]){ SimpleDateFormat myFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MM yyyy"); String dateBeforeString = "31 01 2014"; String dateAfterString = "02 02 2014"; try { Date dateBefore = myFormat.parse(dateBeforeString); Date dateAfter = myFormat.parse(dateAfterString); long difference = dateAfter.getTime() - dateBefore.getTime(); float daysBetween = (difference / (1000*60*60*24)); /* You can also convert the milliseconds to days using this method * float daysBetween = * TimeUnit.DAYS.convert(difference, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) */ System.out.println("Number of Days between dates: "+daysBetween); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }
