how to get a list of dates between two dates in java

Question

I want a list of dates between start date and end date.

The result should be a list of all dates including the start and end date.

Answer 1

List<LocalDate> totalDates = new ArrayList<>();
popularDatas(startDate, endDate, totalDates);
System.out.println(totalDates);

private void popularDatas(LocalDate startDate, LocalDate endDate, List<LocalDate> datas) {
    if (!startDate.plusDays(1).isAfter(endDate)) {
        popularDatas(startDate.plusDays(1), endDate, datas);
    } 
    datas.add(startDate);
}

Recursive solution

Answer 2

With Lamma it looks like this in Java:

    for (Date d: Dates.from(2014, 6, 29).to(2014, 7, 1).build()) {
        System.out.println(d);
    }

and the output is:

    Date(2014,6,29)
    Date(2014,6,30)
    Date(2014,7,1)

Answer 3

Streams

Edit: Joda-Time is now deprecated, changed the answer to use Java 8 instead.

Here is the Java 8 way, using streams.

List<LocalDate> daysRange = Stream.iterate(startDate, date -> date.plusDays(1)).limit(numOfDays).collect(Collectors.toList());

Answer 4

Something like this should definitely work:

private List<Date> getListOfDaysBetweenTwoDates(Date startDate, Date endDate) {
    List<Date> result = new ArrayList<Date>();
    Calendar start = Calendar.getInstance();
    start.setTime(startDate);
    Calendar end = Calendar.getInstance();
    end.setTime(endDate);
    end.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1); //Add 1 day to endDate to make sure endDate is included into the final list
    while (start.before(end)) {
        result.add(start.getTime());
        start.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1);
    }
    return result;
}

Answer 5

You can also look at the Date.getTime() API. That gives a long to which you can add your increment. Then create a new Date.

List<Date> dates = new ArrayList<Date>();
long interval = 1000 * 60 * 60; // 1 hour in millis
long endtime = ; // create your endtime here, possibly using Calendar or Date
long curTime = startDate.getTime();
while (curTime <= endTime) {
  dates.add(new Date(curTime));
  curTime += interval;
}

and maybe apache commons has something like this in DateUtils, or perhaps they have a CalendarUtils too :)

EDIT

including the start and enddate may not be possible if your interval is not perfect :)

Answer 6

Back in 2010, I suggested to use Joda-Time for that.

Note that Joda-Time is now in maintenance mode. Since 1.8 (2014), you should use java.time.

Add one day at a time until reaching the end date:

int days = Days.daysBetween(startDate, endDate).getDays();
List<LocalDate> dates = new ArrayList<LocalDate>(days);  // Set initial capacity to `days`.
for (int i=0; i < days; i++) {
    LocalDate d = startDate.withFieldAdded(DurationFieldType.days(), i);
    dates.add(d);
}

It wouldn't be too hard to implement your own iterator to do this as well, that would be even nicer.