Comparing dates using GregorianCalendar

[Chan Ag]

Hi Jeff,

I've also tried to work on a similar problem in the past ( I'm also new to java and working on demo programs to get acquainted with java APIs). I passed two Date objects to a method that would call getTime() method on the two date objects and subtract the two times in milliseconds and then divide the result by 3600*24*1000 to compute the number of days. But I don't like that approach. I wanna also try the solution proposed by you. But I don't know how to create a GregorianCalendar corresponding to now. Could you please explain how to do that too.

Thanks so much.

Regards...

[MODERATOR COMMENT: Split from https://coderanch.com/t/594881/java/java/Comparing-dates-Java]

[Jeff Verdegan]

Chan Go wrote:I don't know how to create a GregorianCalendar corresponding to now.

Welcome to the Ranch!

If you look at the javadocs for java.util.GregorianCalendar, I think you'll find it's obvious.

[Chan Ag]

Thanks, Jeff.