Calendar cal1 = getCalendarFromDate(mStartDate); long startTime = cal1.getTimeInMillis(); Calendar cal2 = getCalendarFromDate(Untils.getdata(mEndDate); long endTime = cal2.getTimeInMillis(); int numberOfDays = (int) (endTime - startTime) / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000); private Calendar getCalendarFromDate(final String date) { int year = 0; int month = 0; int day = 0; try { String[] array = date.split("-"); int[] arrayInt = new int[array.length]; for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) { arrayInt[i] = Integer.parseInt(array[i]); if (i == 0) { year = arrayInt[0]; } else if (i == 1) { month = arrayInt[1]; } else if (i == 2) { day = arrayInt[2]; } } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); if (year > 0 && month >= 0 && day >= 0) { cal.set(year, month, day); } return cal; }