Java
String dateStart = "01/14/2015 08:29:58";
String dateStop= "01/15/2015 11:31:48";//HH converts hour in 24 hours format (0-23), day calculation
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
Date d1= null;
Date d2= null;
d1=format.parse(dateStart);
d2=format.parse(dateStop);//in milliseconds
long diff = d2.getTime() -d1.getTime();long diffSeconds = diff / 1000 % 60;long diffMinutes = diff / (60 * 1000) % 60;long diffHours = diff / (60 * 60 * 1000) % 24;long diffDays = diff / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
System.out.print(diffDays+ " days, ");
System.out.print(diffHours+ " hours, ");
System.out.print(diffMinutes+ " minutes, ");
System.out.print(diffSeconds+ " seconds.");
Groovy
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
def dateStart = "01/14/2015 08:29:58";
def dateStop = "01/15/2015 11:31:48";
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
Date d1=format.parse(dateStart)
Date d2=format.parse(dateStop)
log.info(d1.getTime())
long diffMilliseconds = d2.getTime() - d1.getTime()
long diffSecondsTemp = diffMilliseconds / 1000
long diffSeconds = diffSecondsTemp % 60
log.info(diffSeconds)
long diffMinutesTemp = diffMilliseconds / (60 * 1000)
long diffMinutes = diffMinutesTemp % 60
log.info(diffMinutes)
long diffHoursTemp = diffMilliseconds / (60 * 60 * 1000)
long diffHours = diffHoursTemp % 24
log.info(diffHours)
long diffDays = diffMilliseconds / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
log.info(diffDays)