Java Date Difference dateDiff(Date date1, Date date2)

Description

Returns the difference in days between date1 and date2

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date1	a parameter
date2	a parameter

Return

int

Declaration

public static int dateDiff(Date date1, Date date2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  www. ja  v  a 2 s  .c o m*/
     * Returns the difference in days between date1 and date2
     * @param date1
     * @param date2
     * @return int
     */
    public static int dateDiff(Date date1, Date date2) {
        Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
        Calendar cal2 = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal1.setTime(date1);
        cal2.setTime(date2);
        int diff = 0;

        while (cal1.before(cal2)) {
            cal1.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
            diff++;
        }
        return diff;
    }
}

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