Computes the Age from the birthday till the compute Date object. - Java java.util

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Computes the Age from the birthday till the compute Date object.

Demo Code

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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main{
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception{
        Date birthday = new Date();
        Date computeDate = new Date();
        System.out.println(computeAge(birthday,computeDate));
    }
    /**
     * Computes the Age from the birthday till the computeDate object.
     *
     * @param birthday
     *            The Date object from the birthday.
     * @param computeDate
     *            The Date-object from where to compute.
     * @return Returns the computed age.
     */
    public static int computeAge(final Date birthday, final Date computeDate) {
        final long ageInLong = CalculateDateUtils.calculateElapsedTime(
                birthday, computeDate);
        final Age age = new Age(ageInLong);
        return (int) age.calculateInYears();
    }
    /**
     * Calculates the elapsed time from the past to now.
     *
     * @param past
     *            The Date object in the past.
     * @param now
     *            The Date from now.
     * @return The elapsed time in long.
     */
    public static long calculateElapsedTime(final Date past, final Date now) {
        final long elapsedTime = now.getTime() - past.getTime();
        return elapsedTime;
    }
}

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