Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2014 Kevin Quan (kevin.quan@gmail.com) * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.Calendar; public class Main { /** * Returns the difference between two calendar objects in minutes. A positive result means that the * actual time is later than the expected time * @param expectedTime The calendar object to compare against * @param actualTime The calendar object to compare * @return difference between the two calendar objects in minutes. If the result is not on a minute boundary, the minute floor will be returned. */ public static int calculateTimeDifferenceInMinutes(Calendar expectedTime, Calendar actualTime) { long differenceInMillis = actualTime.getTimeInMillis() - expectedTime.getTimeInMillis(); return (int) (differenceInMillis / (1000 * 60)); } }