How to calculate time difference in java?

Question

I want to subtract two timeperiods say 16:00:00 from 19:00:00. Is there any java function for this? The results can be in milliseconds, seconds, or minutes.

Answer 1

import java.util.Date;
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Date d1 = new Date();
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Date d2 = new Date();
System.out.println(d2.getTime()-d1.getTime()); //gives the time difference in milliseconds. 
System.out.println((d2.getTime()-d1.getTime())/1000); //gives the time difference in seconds.

and, to show in a nicer format, you can use:

    DecimalFormat myDecimalFormatter = new DecimalFormat("###,###.###");
    System.out.println(myDecimalFormatter.format(((double)d2.getTime()-d1.getTime())/1000));