Question

I have to calculate the difference between two dates. Here is my code:

        System.out.println("date1  "+date1);
        System.out.println("date2  "+date2);

        totalDifference=date2.getSeconds()-date1.getSeconds();

        System.out.println("Total Difference is"+totalDifference);

The problem that I am facing is that the result is 0:

 09-24 17:24:53.839: I/System.out(9317): date1  Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2012
 09-24 17:24:53.839: I/System.out(9317): date2  Mon Sep 24 17:24:00 GMT+05:30 2012
 09-24 17:24:53.839: I/System.out(9317): Total Difference is 0

What I am doing wrong?

Thanks guys for the solution and other valuable resources,Please help me for this question also.
Hey suppose if I enter 31st Aug 23:59:00 and next date 1 Sept 00:02:00 , I need to show the record as 1 day. Please help me for this one

Answer 1

getSeconds() return the second of the date,
so in your examaple,

date1 Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2012

date2 Mon Sep 24 17:24:00 GMT+05:30 2012

In both cases, the second of the date is 0. If you want the difference you have an example in

Android/Java – Date Difference in days