I am pretty sure most of you have done something like this before and it is a very simple solution. The below piece of code is to find the Period between two java.util.Date fields using the Calendar object:
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Calendar;
public class CalendarTest{
public static void main(String []args){
Date fromDate = new Date();
Date toDate = new Date();
Calendar fromCal = Calendar.getInstance();
Calendar toCal = Calendar.getInstance();
fromCal.setTime(fromDate);
toCal.setTime(toDate);
int range = toCal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) - fromCal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
System.out.println("Range: " + range);
}
}
The above is how you would have to do in and upto Java 7. However, Java 8 has a brand new Date and Time API and I am going to give it try and see how it looks.
public class Java8TimeTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
LocalDate dayInFuture = LocalDate.of(2020, Month.JANUARY, 1);
long dayCount = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(today, dayInFuture);
System.out.println("There are " + dayCount + " days left until 2020");
}
}
Trying out for the first time, the API's are very intuitive and I am loving it. Let upgrade to Java 8 soon!!!
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