java method to find difference between 2 date objects in years , months and days
<p>i have a start date and end date. the duration between the 2 dates should be in the form of years, months and days. i am new to java. 
when i run the below method the out i get is 0 years , 12 months 1 days.
please suggest an alternative to get accurate difference in years, months and days.</p>

<pre><code>import java.sql.Date;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

public class Duration {

    private String getAssignmentDuration(java.util.Date oldDate, java.util.Date newDate) {
        Calendar c1 = Calendar.getInstance();
        Calendar c2 = Calendar.getInstance();
        if (oldDate.compareTo(newDate) &gt; 0) {
            c1.setTime(newDate);
            c2.setTime(oldDate);
        } else {
            System.out.println("invalid");
            return "Invalid selection";

        }
        int year = 0;
        int month = 0;
        int days = 0;
        boolean doneMonth = false;
        boolean doneYears = false;
        while (c1.before(c2)) {
            //log.debug("Still in Loop");
            if (!doneYears) {
                c1.add(Calendar.YEAR, 1);
                year++;
            }
            if (c1.after(c2) || doneYears) {
                if (!doneYears) {
                    doneYears = true;
                    year--;
                    c1.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
                }   
                if (!doneMonth) {
                    c1.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1);
                    month++;
                }
                if (c1.after(c2) || doneMonth) {
                    if (!doneMonth) {
                        doneMonth = true;
                        month--;
                        c1.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1);
                    }

                    c1.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
                    days++;
                    if (c1.after(c2)) {
                        days--;
                    }
                    // this will not be executed
                    if (days == 31 || month==12) {
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        System.out.println(year + " years, " + month + " months, " + days + " days");
        return year + " years, " + month + " months, " + days + " days";

    }


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Duration d1= new Duration();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
        java.util.Date oldDate = null;
        try {
            oldDate = sdf.parse("2012/08/29");
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        java.util.Date newDate = null;
        try {
            newDate = sdf.parse("2013/08/31");
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        d1.getAssignmentDuration(oldDate, newDate);
    }

}
</code></pre>
