Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.util.Calendar; public class Main { static int daysBetween(Calendar day1, Calendar day2) { /** * Saved some effort using the solution described here, * http://stackoverflow.com/a/28865648/1587370 */ Calendar dayOne = (Calendar) day1.clone(), dayTwo = (Calendar) day2.clone(); if (dayOne.get(Calendar.YEAR) == dayTwo.get(Calendar.YEAR)) { return Math.abs(dayOne.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) - dayTwo.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR)); } else { if (dayTwo.get(Calendar.YEAR) > dayOne.get(Calendar.YEAR)) { //swap them Calendar temp = dayOne; dayOne = dayTwo; dayTwo = temp; } int extraDays = 0; int dayOneOriginalYearDays = dayOne.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR); while (dayOne.get(Calendar.YEAR) > dayTwo.get(Calendar.YEAR)) { dayOne.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1); // getActualMaximum() important for leap years extraDays += dayOne.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR); } return extraDays - dayTwo.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) + dayOneOriginalYearDays; } } }