title: Java subtract two dates in this format
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/453388/calculating-difference-in-dates-in-java">Calculating difference in dates in Java</a><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3526485/how-do-you-subtract-dates-in-java">How do you subtract Dates in Java?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I am parsing two dates from a string that look like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Oct 15, 2012 1:07:13 PM
  Oct 23, 2012 03:43:34 PM
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I need to do is find the difference between these two dates, ex:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Oct 23, 2012 03:43:34 PM - Oct 15, 2012 1:07:13 PM
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>= 8 days 2 hours 36 minutes 21 seconds</p>
  
  <p>^ This is what I need to get with the two date/times I have</p>
  
  <p>I believe I need to parse the format and convert it to another format, then subtract the difference between and do the math to get the days/hours/minutes/seconds between</p>