esokol@cerner.com wrote On 01/31/07 11:19,:

   Could you give an example of exactly what you mean by
"calculate number of years?"

From some old code:

   private static int age(int y, int m, int d) {
      Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(y, m, d);
      Calendar now = new GregorianCalendar();
      int res = now.get(Calendar.YEAR) - cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
      if((cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) > now.get(Calendar.MONTH)) ||
         (cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) == now.get(Calendar.MONTH) &&
         cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) >
now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH))) {
         res--;
      }
      return res;
   }

changing from y m d to Date is left as an exercise.

Arne