I read a lot about "BigDate" - but it's shareware @ $10, I think. Never had
to use it myself but here's the link:
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/bigdate.html#BIGDATE
There is also a very good tutorial on dates (see "Computer Dating" link),
here:
http://java.sun.com/people/linden/intro.html
Specifically for what you're asking "... the number of years between 2
dates?" (are you sure you mean years?) try this:
java.lang.Math.abs(
myDate1.getTime()-myDate2.getTime() )/1000/3600/24/365.25
i.e. get abs difference in millisecs and convert to years - but your version
of a year may vary (i.e. you may consider 365 to be a year)!
BTW to setup date values for testing try the following code:
java.text.DateFormat df = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy.MMM.dd" );
try {
java.util.Date myDate1 = df.parse("1971.OCT.02");
java.util.Date myDate2 = df.parse("1987.JAN.09");
System.out.println( java.lang.Math.abs(
myDate1.getTime()-myDate2.getTime() )/1000/3600/24/365.25 );
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println( ex.toString() );
}
Hue.
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [OT] A date utility? anyone, pls help
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>
> I know you guys are all excellent java programmers, so I do
> believe someone has what I'm looking for? I really please need a
> date utility class that
> accurately calculates the number of years between 2 dates? Would
> appreciate it very much thx!!
>
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