import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; public class datetest { public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); Calendar start = Calendar.getInstance(); Calendar end = Calendar.getInstance(); Date startDate=format.parse("2013-01-21"); Date endDate= format.parse("2013-03-12");