Example: Year Fraction
The year fraction of a 30/360 year starting 8/1/85 and ending 7/1/86 is returned in this example.
import com.imsl.finance.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class yearfracEx1 {
static final DateFormat dateFormat =
DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.US);
static private GregorianCalendar parse(String s) throws ParseException {
GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cal.setTime(dateFormat.parse(s));
return cal;
}
public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException {
GregorianCalendar start = parse("8/1/85");
GregorianCalendar end = parse("7/1/86");
DayCountBasis dcb = DayCountBasis.BasisNASD;
double yearfrac = Bond.yearfrac(start, end, dcb);
System.out.println("The year fraction of the 30/360 period is " +
yearfrac);
}
}
Output
The year fraction of the 30/360 period is 0.9166666666666667
Link to Java source.