Comparing 2 Date Objects

[SON1]

I have two date objects, which i would like to compare and find out how much time/hours/minutes they have difference between.

Can anyone provide any help ?

Thanx

 

[sedj]

Read the API doc - there are several methods in there for comparing date objects :

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Date.html

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[SON1]

however, none does what i asked for

 

[sedj]

The compareTo() method perhaps ?

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[sedj]

... followed by two calls to getTime() - depending on which date is after which, subtract each long from the other, and then there you have it - the difference in time in milliseconds. Then all you have to do is some very simple maths to work out the minutes/hours/days etc - use your common sense !!!

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[SON1]

that makes more sense, thanx