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

Recommending date streams

In Java 9, you can use following new method, LocalDate::datesUntil:

LocalDate start = LocalDate.of(2017, 2, 1);
LocalDate end = LocalDate.of(2017, 2, 28);

Stream<LocalDate> dates = start.datesUntil(end.plusDays(1));
List<LocalDate> list = dates.collect(Collectors.toList());

The new method datesUntil(...) works with an exclusive end date, hence the shown hack to add a day.

Once you have obtained a stream you can exploit all the features offered by java.util.stream- or java.util.function-packages. Working with streams has become so simple compared with earlier approaches based on customized for- or while-loops.

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Or if you look for a stream-based solution which operates on inclusive dates by default but can also be configured otherwise then you might find the class DateInterval in my library Time4J interesting because it offers a lot of special features around date streams including a performant spliterator which is faster than in Java-9:

PlainDate start = PlainDate.of(2017,  2, 1);
PlainDate end = start.with(PlainDate.DAY_OF_MONTH.maximized());
Stream<PlainDate> stream = DateInterval.streamDaily(start, end);

Or even simpler in case of full months:

Stream<PlainDate> februaryDates = CalendarMonth.of(2017, 2).streamDaily();
List<LocalDate> list = 
    februaryDates.map(PlainDate::toTemporalAccessor).collect(Collectors.toList());

Answer 2

please find the below code.

List<Date> dates = new ArrayList<Date>();

String str_date ="27/08/2010";
String end_date ="02/09/2010";

DateFormat formatter ; 

formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date  startDate = (Date)formatter.parse(str_date); 
Date  endDate = (Date)formatter.parse(end_date);
long interval = 24*1000 * 60 * 60; // 1 hour in millis
long endTime =endDate.getTime() ; // create your endtime here, possibly using Calendar or Date
long curTime = startDate.getTime();
while (curTime <= endTime) {
    dates.add(new Date(curTime));
    curTime += interval;
}
for(int i=0;i<dates.size();i++){
    Date lDate =(Date)dates.get(i);
    String ds = formatter.format(lDate);    
    System.out.println(" Date is ..." + ds);
}

output:

Date is ...27/08/2010
Date is ...28/08/2010
Date is ...29/08/2010
Date is ...30/08/2010
Date is ...31/08/2010
Date is ...01/09/2010
Date is ...02/09/2010

Answer 3

A tail-recursive version:

public static void datesBetweenRecursive(Date startDate, Date endDate, List<Date> dates) {
    if (startDate.before(endDate)) {
        dates.add(startDate);
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.setTime(startDate);
        calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
        datesBetweenRecursive(calendar.getTime(), endDate, dates);
    }
}

Answer 4

Like as @folone, but correct

private static List<Date> getDatesBetween(final Date date1, final Date date2) {
    List<Date> dates = new ArrayList<>();
    Calendar c1 = new GregorianCalendar();
    c1.setTime(date1);
    Calendar c2 = new GregorianCalendar();
    c2.setTime(date2);
    int a = c1.get(Calendar.DATE);
    int b = c2.get(Calendar.DATE);
    while ((c1.get(Calendar.YEAR) != c2.get(Calendar.YEAR)) || (c1.get(Calendar.MONTH) != c2.get(Calendar.MONTH)) || (c1.get(Calendar.DATE) != c2.get(Calendar.DATE))) {
        c1.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
        dates.add(new Date(c1.getTimeInMillis()));
    }
    return dates;
}

Answer 5

With java 8

public Stream<LocalDate> getDaysBetween(LocalDate startDate, LocalDate endDate) {
    return IntStream.range(0, (int) DAYS.between(startDate, endDate)).mapToObj(startDate::plusDays);
}

Answer 6

 public static List<Date> getDaysBetweenDates(Date startDate, Date endDate){
        ArrayList<Date> dates = new ArrayList<Date>();
        Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal1.setTime(startDate);

        Calendar cal2 = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal2.setTime(endDate);

        while(cal1.before(cal2) || cal1.equals(cal2))
        {
            dates.add(cal1.getTime());
            cal1.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
        }
        return dates;
    }