java.time.Period.between() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Period.between() method obtains a Period representing the Period between two LocalDate objects.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Period.between() method.

public static Period between(LocalDate startInclusive, LocalDate endExclusive)

Parameters

• startInclusive − the start date, inclusive, not null.

• endExclusive − the end date, exclusive, not null.

Return Value

a Period, not null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Period.between() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Period;

public class PeriodDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      Period period = Period.between(LocalDate.ofYearDay(2017, 200), 
         LocalDate.ofYearDay(2017, 300));

      System.out.println(period);  
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

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