Just a little help

just check out this solution friends package com.codegym.task.task08.task0827; import java.util.*; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; /* Working with dates */ public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ System.out.println(isDateOdd("MAY 1 2000")); } public static boolean isDateOdd(String date) throws Exception { Date date1=new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM DD YYYY").parse(date); Date myDate = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM DD YYYY").parse("DECEMBER 31 1999"); int m = (int)(date1.getTime()-myDate.getTime())/(1000*60*60*24); if(m%2!=0) return true ; else return false; } }

double m = ( date1.getTime() - myDate.getTime() ) / (1000*60*60*24);
m = (int) m + 1;

Don't know if my solution is better, but i will try to describe actions i did to resolve this. 1)Googling what object shoud i use. I choose to use LocalDate object (because here we don't need Time). 2) i look at JavaDoc, and found something interesting: method parse (need a string and a DateTimeFormatter) 3) Play around with DateTimeFormatter, found the pattern to use for the method ofPattern("MMMM d YYYY") 4) But it didnt work with the given String "MAY 1 2013" 5) Cry several times and told to myself that i will never found this solution and be a programmer 6) Tryed a last time with a String like "May 1 2013" . BOUM it work ! 7) downcase the given string 8) String`s first char uppcase 9) use LocalDate.parse 10) use the very usefull method getDayOfYear from my LocalDate object 11) Return odd true false blablablabla, i'm done! I realize that i don't answer to your question, but is there a question ? Don't ask solutions to friends, try to find your own, then discuss and pimp your function.

I did it with the help of a friend but how to parse dateformat by using calender objects.

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