We often calculate the time span between 2 times, such as:
Date d1 = new Date(); Date d2= new Date(); DateTime dt1 = new DateTime(d1); DateTime dt2 = new DateTime(d2); Days.daysBetween(dt1, dt2).getDays(); Hours.hoursBetween(dt1, dt2).getHours(); Minutes.minutesBetween(dt1, dt2).getMinutes(); Seconds.secondsBetween(dt1, dt2).getSeconds(); // or Interval interval = new Interval(d1.getTime(), d2.getTime()); Period p = interval.toPeriod(); System.out.println("Time difference: "+p.getDays()+" days" + p.getHours()+ "hours"+p.getMinutes()+"minutes"+p.getSeconds()+" seconds ");
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