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androiddatejodatimedaysperiod

Convert jodatime period to days

Actually I'm trying to use the joda time library to manipulate dates. It seems preety good, but I've found a non-plus-ultra wall.

I have a jodatime period that I want to converto to days. So, if my period has 1 year, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day, total should be: 365 + 30 (or 30 or 28 or 29) + 7 + 1 = 403 days aprox.

But, If I try

int total= myPeriod.edadHombre.toStandardDays().getDays();

...it throws an exception. What I'm doing wrong? Is "toStandardDays" the right way to obtain the total amount of days in a jodatime period?

Solution

  • While I try to understand why doesn't work, I've found another way to do it:

    //I take a date (myDate) to create a start point and an end date:
DateTime startDate =new DateTime(myDate);
DateTime endDate = new DateTime();  //now()

Days someDays= Days.daysBetween(startDate, endDate);
int result=someDays.getDays();

    That's all. Anyway, I hope that somebody give me an answer about toStandardDays...