Grand-Circus

Deliverables

package com.company;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

    //initialize
    int first_date = 0;
    int second_date = 0;
    int numdays = 0;

    //get total number of hours that have passed up to this date
    first_date = calchours();
    second_date= calchours();

    //the difference of hours passed converted back to number of days
    if (first_date > second_date){
        numdays = (first_date - second_date)/24;
    }else {
        numdays = (second_date - first_date)/24;
    }

    System.out.println("Number of days between: " + numdays);

}

public static int calchours(){

    //initialize
    int month = 0;
    int day = 0;
    int year = 0;
    int mhours = 0;
    int dhours = 0;
    int yhours = 0;
    int date = 0;

    Scanner inYear = new Scanner(System.in);
    Scanner inDay = new Scanner(System.in);
    Scanner inMonth = new Scanner(System.in);

    //Month numerical input
    System.out.println("Enter Month: ");
    month = inMonth.nextInt();

    //Day numerical input
    System.out.println("Enter Day: ");
    day = inDay.nextInt();

    //Year numerical input
    System.out.println("Enter Year: ");
    year = inYear.nextInt();

    //Hours in months: the number of hours in all the months previously completed.
    // i.e the number of hours in march is all of the hours in jan + feb up to the day of march
    switch (month) {
        case 1:
            mhours = mhours + 0;
            break;
        case 2:
            mhours = mhours + 31 * 24;
            break;
        case 3:
            mhours = mhours + 59 * 24;
            break;
        case 4:
            mhours = mhours + 90 * 24;
            break;
        case 5:
            mhours = mhours + 120 * 24;
            break;
        case 6:
            mhours = mhours + 151 * 24;
            break;
        case 7:
            mhours = mhours + 181 * 24;
            break;
        case 8:
            mhours = month + 212 * 24;
            break;
        case 9:
            mhours = mhours + 243 * 24;
            break;
        case 10:
            mhours = mhours + 273 * 24;
            break;
        case 11:
            mhours = mhours + 304 * 24;
            break;
        case 12:
            mhours = mhours + 334 * 24;
            break;
    }

    //day and years to hours
    dhours = day * 24;
    yhours = (year * 365) * 24;

    //total amount of hours for this date
    date = mhours + dhours + yhours;

    return date;
}

}