Java tutorial
import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss"); long second = 1000l; long minute = 60l * second; long hour = 60l * minute; // parsing input Date date1 = dateFormat.parse("02/26/2015 09:00:00"); Date date2 = dateFormat.parse("02/26/2015 19:30:00"); // calculation long diff = date2.getTime() - date1.getTime(); // printing output System.out.print(String.format("%02d", diff / hour)); System.out.print(":"); System.out.print(String.format("%02d", (diff % hour) / minute)); System.out.print(":"); System.out.print(String.format("%02d", (diff % minute) / second)); } }