Difference in two java.SQL.Date in Days

Collegues,
I have two java.sql.Dates. One sendDate and other is recieveDate. Could you please tell me how can I calculate the diffenence in these two dates in Days.
Thank you

HI DOCSOFT
here is the code
public int DayDiff(String start, String end)
try
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date startDate = dateFormat.parse(start);
Date endDate = dateFormat.parse(end);
GregorianCalendar calStart = new GregorianCalendar();
calStart.setTime(startDate);
GregorianCalendar calEnd = new GregorianCalendar();
calEnd.setTime(endDate);
if (calStart.get(Calendar.YEAR) == calEnd.get(Calendar.YEAR))
return calEnd.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) - calStart.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
else if ((calEnd.get(Calendar.YEAR) - calStart.get(Calendar.YEAR)) == 1)
int daysEndYear = calEnd.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
int daysStartYear = calStart.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) - calStart.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
return daysEndYear + daysStartYear;
else
int startYear = calStart.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int endYear = calEnd.get(Calendar.YEAR);
GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
int days = 0;
for (int i = startYear + 1; i < endYear; i++)
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, i);
days += cal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
days += calEnd.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
days += (calStart.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) - calStart.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR));
return days;
catch (ParseException e)
return -1;
sorry about the formatting
hope this works
Regards
Satinderjit

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