Java Date Difference difference(Date date1, Date date2)

Description

difference

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static long difference(Date date1, Date date2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static long difference(Date date1, Date date2) {
        Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal1.setTime(date1);/*from ww  w .j av a  2s  .  co m*/

        Calendar cal2 = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal2.setTime(date2);

        if (cal2.after(cal1)) {
            return cal2.getTimeInMillis() - cal1.getTimeInMillis();
        }

        return cal1.getTimeInMillis() - cal2.getTimeInMillis();
    }
}

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5. differDays(Date src, Date target)
6. differenceDay(Date toDate, Date fromDate)
7. DifferenceInMilliseconds(Date date1, Date date2)
8. differenceInMonths(Date beginningDate, Date endingDate)
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