话不多说,现附上代码:

String bxsj = "2019-07-08 07:58:00";
        String clsj = "2019-07-08 12:52:02";
        SimpleDateFormat sf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        Date bx = null;
        Date cl = null; 
        try {
            bx = sf.parse(bxsj);
            cl = sf.parse(clsj);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        //通过字符串创建两个日期对象
        
        
        //得到两个日期对象的总毫秒数
        long firstDateMilliSeconds = bx.getTime();
        long secondDateMilliSeconds = cl.getTime();
        System.out.println("bx:"+firstDateMilliSeconds+"---"+"cl:"+secondDateMilliSeconds);
        //得到两者之差
        long firstMinusSecond =secondDateMilliSeconds - firstDateMilliSeconds;
        System.out.println("两者差:"+firstMinusSecond);
        //毫秒转为秒
        long milliSeconds = firstMinusSecond;
        int totalSeconds = (int)(milliSeconds / 1000);
        //得到总天数
        int days = totalSeconds / (3600*24);
        int days_remains = totalSeconds % (3600*24);
        //得到总小时数
        int hours = days_remains / 3600;
        int remains_hours = days_remains % 3600;
        //得到分种数
        int minutes = remains_hours / 60;
        //得到总秒数
        int seconds = remains_hours % 60;
        String clts="";
        if(days!=0){
            clts+=days+"天";
        }else if(hours!=0){
            clts+=hours+"小时";
        }else if(minutes!=0){
            clts+=minutes+"分钟";
        }else if(seconds!=0){
            clts+=seconds+"秒";
        }
        System.out.println(clts);

结果为:

bx:1562543880000---cl:1562561522000
两者差:17642000
4小时

再附上可能出现的错误之处:

SimpleDateFormat sf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");

此时出现的错误结果为:

bx:1562543880000---cl:1562518322000
两者差:-25558000
-7小时

 

综上所述: 注意字符格式转换为时间时,格式的正确书写为:

SimpleDateFormat sf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");