Here you can find the source of getYearDifference(GregorianCalendar fromCalendar, GregorianCalendar toCalendar)
public static int getYearDifference(GregorianCalendar fromCalendar, GregorianCalendar toCalendar)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww . ja v a 2s . co m*/ * Copyright (c) 2007 - 2010 Abiss.gr <info@abiss.gr> * * This file is part of Calipso, a software platform by www.Abiss.gr. * * Calipso is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Calipso 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with Calipso. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html * * This file incorporates work released by the JTrac project and covered * by the following copyright and permission notice: * * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors. * * 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; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class Main { public static int getYearDifference(GregorianCalendar fromCalendar, GregorianCalendar toCalendar) { int count = 0; for (fromCalendar.add(Calendar.YEAR, 1); fromCalendar.compareTo(toCalendar) <= 0; fromCalendar .add(Calendar.YEAR, 1)) { count++; } return count; } }