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String, text, numbers, I/O II part
Q: How do I parse it to date and make a date difference?? How many days in
between the String from and to?
I am always confusing with date and time.
I have 2 String, from and to
String from = "01.01.2001" //dd.MM.yyyy
String to = "01.03.2001" //dd.MM.yyyy
How do I parse it to date and make a date difference?? How many days in between
the String from and to?
Answer:
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class Tmp {
public static void main( String argv[] ) throws Exception {
long DAY = 24L * 60L * 60L * 1000L;
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat( "MM.dd.yyyy" );
Date d1 = df.parse( "01.01.2001" );
Date d2 = df.parse( "01.03.2001" );
System.out.println( "The number days between:" );
System.out.println( d1 );
System.out.println( "and:" );
System.out.println( d2 );
System.out.println( "is: " + (( d2.getTime() - d1.getTime() ) / DAY ));
}
}
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