Java Day End getNumMonths(Date dStart, Date dEnd)

Description

Gets the number of months between two date objects

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dStart	Start Date
dEnd	End Date

Return

the number of months

Declaration

public static int getNumMonths(Date dStart, Date dEnd) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*www .ja  va  2s  .  co  m*/
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 *
 * This software was written for
 * Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital,
 * Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 */

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the number of months between two date objects
     * @param dStart Start Date
     * @param dEnd End Date
     * @return the number of months
     */
    public static int getNumMonths(Date dStart, Date dEnd) {
        int i = 0;

        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.setTime(dStart);
        while (calendar.getTime().before(dEnd) || calendar.getTime().equals(dEnd)) {
            calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1);
            i++;
        }
        i--;
        if (i < 0) {
            i = 0;
        }
        return i;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the number of months between two Calendar objects
     * @param dStart start date
     * @param dEnd end date
     * @return number of months between
     */
    public static int getNumMonths(Calendar dStart, Calendar dEnd) {
        return getNumMonths(dStart.getTime(), dEnd.getTime());
    }
}

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