How to include start date in Joda Time daysBetween?

Question

Upon testing JODA time to get number of days that has been selected, it is excluding the start day.

    Date from = day1.getTime();
    Date to = day2.getTime();

    int daysBetween = Days.daysBetween(new DateTime(from), new DateTime(to)).getDays();

So if I select, December 14 - 16, it is only showing "2" as result instead of 3.

Is it safe to just "+1" the result or is there a right way to do this in JODA time?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3802893/number-of-days-between-two-dates-in-joda-time — Saran, Nov 21 '17 at 11:55
FYI, the Joda-Time project is now in maintenance mode. The team advises migration to the java.time classes. — Basil Bourque, Nov 22 '17 at 02:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '17 at 11:42

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Actually Days.daysBetween(-,-) method just subtracts the start day from the end day. If you want to get the total no of days including the start day then you must have to minus 1 from the start date.

answered Nov 21 '17 at 11:42

Shashank K

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Or more simply, add one to the result. – Jon Skeet Nov 21 '17 at 11:48
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yes u can also add 1 to the result . – Shashank K Nov 21 '17 at 12:46
thanks guys. It worked! :) the toLocalDate or withTimeAtStartOfDay for some reason doesn't produce the result I expected. – Woppi Nov 22 '17 at 03:46

How to include start date in Joda Time daysBetween?

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