Seamus said:
long elapsed = d2.getTime() - d1.getTime();
// elapsed is in milliseconds so we have to convert to year
int years = elapsed * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365;
// leap years make it more complex TEISTTR
Oh and since we don't use a calendar with leaps (nor funny days with 23
and 24 hours) then it really isn't important. Oh wait we do, so your
solution is pretty poor suggestion, particularly for those real world
calculations like right about the same time last year to right about the
same time this year.
Suggestion to OP, use the Calendar object and convert properly to
either calendar year and if you want more than (any day in ) 2006
minus (any day in) 2005 is 1, I'd suggest working with day of year
or month of year and day of month to work out "delta years" instead of
"calendar years". All the fields I mentioned are available from
java.util.Calendar.
-Paul