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  1. import java.text.ParseException;
  2. import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
  3. import java.util.Date;
  4.  
  5.  
  6. class Ideone {
  7. public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
  8. String datetocomparestr = "2015-07-27 16:29:32";
  9. SimpleDateFormat datetocomparesdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
  10. Date d1 = null;
  11. d1 = datetocomparesdf.parse(datetocomparestr);
  12. System.out.println(d1);
  13. SimpleDateFormat dateFormatcurrentsdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
  14. Date date = new Date();
  15. System.out.println(dateFormatcurrentsdf.format(date));
  16.  
  17. long minutesDiff = (date.getTime() - d1.getTime()) / 1000 / 60;
  18. System.out.println("Difference in minutes : " + minutesDiff);
  19.  
  20. }
  21. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.14s 321216KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
Mon Jul 27 16:29:32 GMT 2015
15-07-29 12:25:41
Difference in minutes : 2636