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Calculate the number of days between two dates in Java 1.7
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dates1.7.java
//input dates
final String start = "2010-01-15";
final String end = "2011-03-18";
// parse the dates
final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd" );
final Date startDate = dateFormat.parse( start );
final Date endDate = dateFormat.parse( end );
// calculate the number of days between start and end dates
long daysDuration = Math.round( ( endDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime() ) / (double) ( 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 ) );
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