Java tutorial
/* The 21st century (up to Thu May 11 14:14:02 PDT 2006) is 1956 days old. * */ import java.util.Date; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] a) throws Exception { Date d1 = new GregorianCalendar(2000, 11, 31, 23, 59).getTime(); Date today = new Date(); long diff = today.getTime() - d1.getTime(); System.out.println( "The 21st century (up to " + today + ") is " + (diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) + " days old."); } }