get months between two dates java 8 code example

Example 1: calculate number of years months and days between two dates in java

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
		
Date birth = sdf.parse("2000-01-01");
Date now = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
		
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTimeInMillis(now.getTime() - birth.getTime());
int y = c.get(Calendar.YEAR)-1970;
int m = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int d = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)-1;

Example 2: java get number of months between two dates

LocalDate currentDay = LocalDate.of(1955, Month.MAY, 19);
		LocalDate desiredDay = LocalDate.now();
		Period age = Period.between(currentDay, desiredDay);
		int years = age.getYears();
		int months = age.getMonths();

		int numberOfMonthsBetweenDates =  months+years*12;