Here you can find the source of getMinutesInterval(Calendar start, Calendar end)
public static int getMinutesInterval(Calendar start, Calendar end)
//package com.java2s; /**/* w w w.j a v a 2s . c om*/ * This file is part of JEMMA - http://jemma.energy-home.org * (C) Copyright 2013 Telecom Italia (http://www.telecomitalia.it) * * JEMMA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3 * or later as published by the Free Software Foundation, which accompanies * this distribution and is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html * * JEMMA 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 (LGPL) for more details. * */ import java.util.Calendar; public class Main { public static int getMinutesInterval(Calendar start, Calendar end) { if (start.after(end)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Start time must preceede End time."); int minutes = end.get(Calendar.MINUTE) - start.get(Calendar.MINUTE); minutes += 60 * (end.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) - start.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)); minutes += 24 * 60 * Math.abs(end.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) - start.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)); return minutes; } }