Java 8 – Calculate days between two dates

Learn to calculate number of days between two dates in Java 8 using ChronoUnit.DAYS.between() and LocalDate.until() methods.

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1. ChronoUnit.DAYS.between()

This is the simplest of all solutions. Internally, it is as simple as date1.toEpochDay() - date2.toEpochDay(). It count the days since year zero till both LocalDate instances and subtract it.

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;

public class DaysBetweenDates 
{
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		LocalDate date1 = LocalDate.now();
		LocalDate date2 = date1.plusDays(99);
		
		long diffInDays = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(date1, date2);
		
		System.out.println(diffInDays);  // 99
	}
}

Program output.

99

2. LocalDate.until()

This solution is very much similar to previous one. And internally, it also uses the same technique as above i.e. date1.toEpochDay() - date2.toEpochDay().

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;

public class DaysBetweenDates 
{
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		LocalDate date1 = LocalDate.now();
		LocalDate date2 = date1.plusDays(99);
		
		long diffInDays = date1.until(date2, ChronoUnit.DAYS);
		
		System.out.println(diffInDays);  // 99
	}
}

Program output.

99

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