In Java calcolare la differenza in anni,mesi,giorni richiede qualche riga di codice, con Java 8 è possibile fare tutto senza librerie esterne e con una sola istruzione.
//Two dates, difference in days, months and years using java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit and java.time.LocalDate
LocalDate startDate = LocalDate.of(1972, Month.MARCH, 25);//Easy to use!!
LocalDate endDate = LocalDate.of(2017, 3, 25);//Easy to use!
System.out.println("Two dates, difference in days, months and years");
System.out.println("years: " + ChronoUnit.YEARS.between(startDate, endDate));
System.out.println("months: " + ChronoUnit.MONTHS.between(startDate, endDate));
System.out.println("days: " + ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(startDate, endDate));