Subtraction from calendar ?

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public int yearWorked(){

int totalWorked =
    GregorianCalendar.getInstance(YEAR) - this.hiringDate.get(Calendar.YEAR); // is this logic correct ?

return totalWorked;
}

I want to calculate the years that an employee has worked. So what i am trying is to make a simple subtraction from current date and the current employee ,but my syntax is wrong :(

Posted 28-Oct-14 4:05am

voronitski.net

Updated 28-Oct-14 7:42am

Richard MacCutchan

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Richard MacCutchan 28-Oct-14 13:44pm

Where is the code for hiringDate.get?

voronitski.net 28-Oct-14 14:09pm

hiringDate is just a gregorian calendar variable ,and it is instanciated with the constructor.

Richard MacCutchan 28-Oct-14 14:11pm

See below.

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-28T08:07:00

Solution 1

Try this:

Java

GregorianCalendar today = new GregorianCalendar();
int totalWorked = today.get(Calendar.YEAR) - hiringDate.get(Calendar.YEAR);

hiringDate must also be an instance of GregorianCalendar.

Posted 28-Oct-14 8:07am

Richard MacCutchan

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voronitski.net 28-Oct-14 14:15pm

so even if when i am instaniating the hiringDate variable for example :

void main(String[] ARGS){
Employe BarackObama = new employe(2012);
}

It will not calculate like today.get(Calendar.YEAR) - "2014" ?

Richard MacCutchan 28-Oct-14 14:21pm

Sorry but that makes no sense, you cannot subtract a string from a date.

voronitski.net 28-Oct-14 14:18pm

ok i understand !

voronitski.net 28-Oct-14 14:18pm

Thank you Richard.