Android Calendar Interval Get yearsBetweenDates(Calendar from, Calendar to)

Description

years Between Dates

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int yearsBetweenDates(Calendar from, Calendar to) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    public static int yearsBetweenDates(Calendar from, Calendar to) {
        if (from.after(to)) {
            Calendar temp = to;//from   w ww  .  jav  a2  s . c o m
            to = from;
            from = temp;
        }
        int years = to.get(Calendar.YEAR) - from.get(Calendar.YEAR);

        if (years != 0) {
            // increment months by 1 because are zero based
            int fromSpan = (from.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) * 100
                    + from.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
            int toSpan = (to.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) * 100
                    + to.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

            if (toSpan < fromSpan) {
                --years;
            }
        }

        return years;
    }
}

Related

1. before(Calendar c, long offset)
2. daysBetween(Calendar startDate, Calendar endDate)
3. getExactDiff(final Calendar cal1, final Calendar cal2)