Here you can find the source of getMonthsDifference(Calendar date1, Calendar date2)
public static int getMonthsDifference(Calendar date1, Calendar date2)
//package com.java2s; /*//w ww . jav a2s . c om Copyright (c) 2012,2013 Mirco Attocchi This file is part of WebAppCommon. WebAppCommon is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. WebAppCommon is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with WebAppCommon. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Calendar; public class Main { public static int getMonthsDifference(Calendar date1, Calendar date2) { int m1 = date1.get(Calendar.YEAR) * 12 + date1.get(Calendar.MONTH); int m2 = date2.get(Calendar.YEAR) * 12 + date2.get(Calendar.MONTH); return m2 - m1; } }