Help, calculating remaing days in year 1

[darwin101]

i need to calculate the days remaining in this year (End of year - today) i am just starting java, any suggestions on how to do this? i know there is a class called "calendar" but i dont know how to use it
thanks for your help.

 

[gerald]

The Calendar class is pretty good for this:

Calendar date = Calendar.getInstance();
^^^ this line sets date with the current date and time

int dayofyear = date.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR );
^^^ this will give you the number of days that have already past in the current year

date.set( Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.DECEMBER );
date.set( Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 31 );
int lastdayofyear = date.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR );
^^^ these lines will set date to the last day of the current year, and then return the day number of the last day of the year. this is so you dont have to worry about leapyears.

int daysleft = lastdayofyear - dayofyear;
^^^ just subtract the current day of the year from the last day of the year, and there you are

Hope this helps

 

[darwin101]

thanks Gerald, this works great, and i am happy that you explained it so well! "I.T." needs more people like you.