Android Date Interval Get calculateDiffInMilliSeconds(Date date1, Date date2)

Description

Calculates the difference between the given Date in milliseconds.

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date1	- Date object.
date2	- Date object.

Exception

Parameter	Description
NullPointerException	if any of the parameters is null.

Return

-time difference in long milliseconds.

Declaration

public static long calculateDiffInMilliSeconds(Date date1, Date date2) 

Method Source Code

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main{
    /**/*from w ww  . ja  va 2 s . c om*/
     * Calculates the difference between the given {@link Date} in milliseconds.
     * 
     * @param date1 -{@link Date} object.
     * @param date2 -{@link Date} object.
     * @return -time difference in long milliseconds.
     * @throws NullPointerException if any of the parameters is null.
     */
    public static long calculateDiffInMilliSeconds(Date date1, Date date2) {
        if (StringUtils.isNull(date1)) {
            throw new NullPointerException("date1 cannot be null");
        }
        if (StringUtils.isNull(date2)) {
            throw new NullPointerException("date2 cannot be null");
        }
        long milliseconds1 = date1.getTime();
        long milliseconds2 = date2.getTime();
        long differenceInMilliSeconds = milliseconds2 - milliseconds1;
        return differenceInMilliSeconds;
    }
}

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