Hi chris
thanks a lot, i extended the class and used getTime(date object) ,
computeTime() and used time (variable) to get things done.
Thanks,
Regards,
Sandarbh
----- Original Message -----
From: "chris brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: date problems
> You should be able to extract a Date object (using Calendar.getTime()) ,
> then from this Date, call getTime() to get a long (in milliseconds). Do
the
> same for your other date, then compare the two long values.
>
> A day can generally be assumed to be equal to :
> 1000ms * 60s * 60m * 24h
>
> You may wish to set your two Calendar objects to 00:00:00.000
(hh:mm:ss.ms)
> before extracting the time to eliminate perhaps redundant information, or
> you could use modulus or or division operators (% or /) on the resulting
> long values for the same thing. Depends upon what you need to do...
>
> In any case, this should work around any month or year boundary problems.
>
> -Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sandarbh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 1:37 PM
> Subject: date problems
>
>
> > Hi all,
> > I want to have exact difference in days for two days in Java. If for the
> > current year , then I am able to extract exact info using calender
class,
> > but across the years its not possible?? can any one suggest a better way
> > please??
> >
> > Thanks in anticipation.
> >
> > sandarbh
> >
> >
>
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