Difference between current date and anothe date

[vijay balusamy]

Hi,
Please find the code to find the date difference between current date and user specified date is there a better logic rather than this.
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Sample {

public static void main(String arg[])
{
System.out.println("Process Started");
dateDifference();
System.out.println("Process Completed");
}

public static void dateDifference()
{
Date currentdate = new Date();
Calendar calUpdated = Calendar.getInstance();
calUpdated.set(2008, 01, 01);
long currentDateMilliSec = currentdate.getTime();
long updateDateMilliSec = calUpdated.getTimeInMillis();
long diffDays = (currentDateMilliSec - updateDateMilliSec) / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
System.out.println("Time in days: " + diffDays + " days.");
}
}

[sukatoa]

You can do it yourself.

The most accurate time in long type capturing value is the System.currentTimeMillis() ...... Have an experiment on it....

You can also use DateFormat.... it is useful. There are deprecated methods in Date that really helps are also in DateFormat class...

Don't be on a hurry,
sukatoa