How to calculate difference ONLY in months using Java's Joda API

Question

I am writing a program that is supposed to just calculate the months between 2 given dates and return the value to the program. For instance, if I have to calculate the numb

Answer 1

Joda algorithm counted correctly difference between this two dates. This pseudo-code will be the easiest way to explain how it works:

// (1)
monthsBetween(2011.6.14, 2011.4.15) = 1
monthsBetween(2011.6.15, 2011.4.15) = 2
// (2)
monthsBetween(2011.6.30, 2011.4.1) = 2
monthsBetween(2011.7.1,  2011.4.1) = 3

To do what you want you need to "improve" joda algorithm:

• Count distance between two dates (use normal monthsBetween)
• If you have specific situation: the last day of month in one date and the 1st day of month in second date, add +1 to the final result.