Java TimeUnit Calculate diff(Date earlier, Date later, TimeUnit timeUnit)

Description

Returns the difference between two dates in the given time unit.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static long diff(Date earlier, Date later, TimeUnit timeUnit) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Date;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main {
    /**/*from w ww  .j  a  va  2 s. c  om*/
     * Returns the difference between two dates in the given time unit.
     */
    public static long diff(Date earlier, Date later, TimeUnit timeUnit) {
        long diffInMillies = later.getTime() - earlier.getTime();
        return timeUnit.convert(diffInMillies, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
    }
}

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