Java: Get year and months between two dates

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Write a Java program to get the year and month between two dates.

Sample Solution:

Java Code:

import java.time.*;
public class Exercise19 {
   public static void main(String[] args)
    {
     LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();    
     LocalDate userday = LocalDate.of(2015, Month.MAY, 15); 
     Period diff = Period.between(userday, today); 
     System.out.println("\nDifference between "+ userday +" and "+ today +": " 
     + diff.getYears() +" Year(s) and "+ diff.getMonths() +" Month()s\n");
    }
}

Sample Output:

Difference between 2015-05-15 and 2017-06-20: 2 Year(s) and 1 Month()s

N.B.: The result may varry for your system date and time.

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