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How to: Calculating the Difference Between Two Java Date Instances

Calculating the Difference Between Two Java Date Instances

I’m using Java’s java.util.date class in Scala and want to compare a date object and the current time. I know I can calculate the delta by using getTime():

(new java.util.Date()).getTime() - oldDate.getTime()

However, this just leaves me with a Long representing milliseconds. Is there any simpler, nicer way to get a time delta?

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