I seem to have resolved it b y replacing the call to the method after with a comparison. Thanks everyone!
On Dec 12, 12:13 pm, andrew android <[email protected]> wrote: > the code is something like this... > > public void getWorkDays(final int mm, final int dd,final int ccyy, > final int mmNew, final int ddNew, final int ccyyNew) { > > Calendar c2 = Calendar.getInstance(); > Calendar c4 = Calendar.getInstance(); > > c2.set(ccyy, mm, dd); > c4.set(ccyyNew,mmNew, ddNew); > c2.setFirstDayOfWeek(1); > c4.setFirstDayOfWeek(1); > > Integer counter = 0; > > while (c4.after(c2)) { > > switch (c2.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)){ > case 1: > > c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); > break; > case 2: > > counter = counter + 1; > c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); > break; > case 3: > counter = counter + 1; > > c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); > break; > case 4: > counter = counter + 1; > c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); > break; > case 5: > counter = counter + 1; > c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); > break; > case 6: > counter = counter + 1; > c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); > break; > case 7: > c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); > break; > > } > } > > WorkDaysCalc=counter; > > } > > On Dec 7, 10:51 am, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You don't know how many milliseconds there are in a day, or even how > > many hours there are. > > > Most days have 24 hours, one may have 23 and an other may have 25 > > hours ( DST ). And this depends whether your timezone has DST or not. > > The Calendar class should be able to figure all this out. > > > However, if you're just interested in 'before' or 'after', then > > comparing the dates using the milliseconds is OK, since you don't need > > to know the exact amount. > > >Andrew, post a code snippet and describe exactly what problem you see. > > > On Dec 7, 6:38 am, "Dexter's Brain" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Doing it the millisecond way might be more confortable. > > > > Convert both the dates to milliseconds, and then subtract one from the > > > other, and then calculate the no of days. > > > > Thanks > > > Kumar Bibekhttp://tech-droid.blogspot.co > > > > On Dec 7, 4:52 am,andrewandroid<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am running code to return date-based calculations. The method is > > > > designed to calculate the number of work days given a beginning and > > > > ending date and I pass in the elements of the dates, create two > > > > calendar objects from the two dates and compare them. > > > > > Can anybody tell me if there is a bug causing inconsistent results > > > > from > > > > > c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); > > > > > or possibly the Calendar.after method ...? > > > > > c2.set(ccyy, mm, dd); > > > > c4.set(ccyyNew,mmNew, ddNew); > > > > > c4.after(c2) > > > > > Please help...- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
