Difference in days between two dates in Java?

Question

I need to find the number of days between two dates: one is from a report and one is the current date. My snippet:

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Answer 1

This code calculates days between 2 date Strings:

    static final long MILLI_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
    static final String DATE_FORMAT = "dd-MM-yyyy";
    public long daysBetween(String fromDateStr, String toDateStr) throws ParseException {
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
    Date fromDate;
    Date toDate;
    fromDate = format.parse(fromDateStr);
    toDate = format.parse(toDateStr);
    return (toDate.getTime() - fromDate.getTime()) / MILLI_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY;
}