Find total hours between two Dates

Question

I have two Date objects and I need to get the time difference so I can determine the total hours between them. They happen to be from the same day. The result I would like w

Answer 1

Even though there's already an accepted answer, this is what worked for me using the Joda time library.

/**
 *
 * @param date1
 * @param date2
 * @return hours between two dates rounded down
 */
public static int hoursBetween(DateTime date1, DateTime date2) {
    if(date1 == null || date2 == null) return NOT_FOUND;

    return Math.abs(Hours.hoursBetween(date1.toLocalDateTime(), date2.toLocalDateTime()).getHours());
}