Java: Calculate the difference between two dates in days
Write a Java program to calculate the difference between two dates in days.
Sample Solution:
Java Code:
//MIT License: https://bit.ly/35gZLa3
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.Period;
import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("\nBefore JDK 8:");
Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
cal1.set(2019, 0, 1);
Calendar cal2 = Calendar.getInstance();
cal2.set(2020, 2, 1);
System.out.println("\nDate/Calendar case: " + cal1.getTime() + " <-> " + cal2.getTime());
long inMs = Math.abs(cal1.getTimeInMillis() - cal2.getTimeInMillis());
long inDays = Math.abs(TimeUnit.DAYS.convert(inMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
System.out.println("Difference in milliseconds is: " + inMs);
System.out.println("Difference in days is: " + inDays);
System.out.println("\nStarting with JDK 8:");
LocalDate ld1 = LocalDate.of(2019, 1, 1);
LocalDate ld2 = LocalDate.of(2020, 3, 1);
System.out.println("\nLocalDate case: " + ld1 + " <-> " + ld2);
long between_In_Days = Math.abs(ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(ld1, ld2));
long between_In_Months = Math.abs(ChronoUnit.MONTHS.between(ld1, ld2));
long between_In_Years = Math.abs(ChronoUnit.YEARS.between(ld1, ld2));
long until_In_Days = Math.abs(ld1.until(ld2, ChronoUnit.DAYS));
long until_In_Months = Math.abs(ld1.until(ld2, ChronoUnit.MONTHS));
long until_In_Years = Math.abs(ld1.until(ld2, ChronoUnit.YEARS));
Period period = ld1.until(ld2);
System.out.println("Difference as Period: "
+ period.getYears() + "y" + period.getMonths() + "m" + period.getDays() + "d");
System.out.println("Difference in days is via between(): " + between_In_Days);
System.out.println("Difference in months is via between(): " + between_In_Months);
System.out.println("Difference in years is via between(): " + between_In_Years);
System.out.println("Difference in days is via until(): " + until_In_Days);
System.out.println("Difference in months is via until(): " + until_In_Months);
System.out.println("Difference in years is via until(): " + until_In_Years);
LocalDateTime ldt1 = LocalDateTime.of(2019, 1, 1, 22, 15, 15);
LocalDateTime ldt2 = LocalDateTime.of(2020, 1, 1, 23, 15, 15);
System.out.println("\nLocalDateTime case: " + ldt1 + " <-> " + ldt2);
long betweenInMinutesWithoutZone = Math.abs(ChronoUnit.MINUTES.between(ldt1, ldt2));
long untilInMinutesWithoutZone = Math.abs(ldt1.until(ldt2, ChronoUnit.HOURS));
System.out.println("Difference in minutes without zone: " + betweenInMinutesWithoutZone);
System.out.println("Difference in hours without zone: " + untilInMinutesWithoutZone);
System.out.println("\nZonedDateTime case:");
ZonedDateTime zdt1 = ldt1.atZone(ZoneId.of("Europe/Bucharest"));
ZonedDateTime zdt2 = zdt1.withZoneSameInstant(ZoneId.of("Australia/Perth")).plusHours(1);
ZonedDateTime zdt3 = ldt2.atZone(ZoneId.of("Australia/Perth"));
long betweenInMinutesWithZone12 = Math.abs(ChronoUnit.MINUTES.between(zdt1, zdt2));
long untilInHoursWithZone12 = Math.abs(zdt1.until(zdt2, ChronoUnit.HOURS));
long betweenInMinutesWithZone13 = Math.abs(ChronoUnit.MINUTES.between(zdt1, zdt3));
long untilInHoursWithZone13 = Math.abs(zdt1.until(zdt3, ChronoUnit.HOURS));
System.out.println("Europe/Bucharest: " + zdt1 + " <-> Australia/Perth: " + zdt2);
System.out.println("Difference in minutes with zone (same instant): " + betweenInMinutesWithZone12);
System.out.println("Difference in hours with zone (same instant): " + untilInHoursWithZone12);
System.out.println("\nEurope/Bucharest: " + zdt1 + " <-> Australia/Perth: " + zdt3);
System.out.println("Difference in minutes with zone (not same instant): " + betweenInMinutesWithZone13);
System.out.println("Difference in hours with zone: " + untilInHoursWithZone13);
}
}
Sample Output:
Before JDK 8: Date/Calendar case: Tue Jan 01 07:15:13 UTC 2019 <-> Sun Mar 01 07:15:13 UTC 2020 Difference in milliseconds is: 36720000012 Difference in days is: 425 Starting with JDK 8: LocalDate case: 2019-01-01 <-> 2020-03-01 Difference as Period: 1y2m0d Difference in days is via between(): 425 Difference in months is via between(): 14 Difference in years is via between(): 1 Difference in days is via until(): 425 Difference in months is via until(): 14 Difference in years is via until(): 1 LocalDateTime case: 2019-01-01T22:15:15 <-> 2020-01-01T23:15:15 Difference in minutes without zone: 525660 Difference in hours without zone: 8761 ZonedDateTime case: Europe/Bucharest: 2019-01-01T22:15:15+02:00[Europe/Bucharest] <-> Australia/Perth: 2019-01-02T05:15:15+08:00[Australia/Perth] Difference in minutes with zone (same instant): 60 Difference in hours with zone (same instant): 1 Europe/Bucharest: 2019-01-01T22:15:15+02:00[Europe/Bucharest] <-> Australia/Perth: 2020-01-01T23:15:15+08:00[Australia/Perth] Difference in minutes with zone (not same instant): 525300 Difference in hours with zone: 8755
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