commonlib/src/main/java/com/streamsets/pipeline/lib/util/AvroTypeUtil.java
private static int millisToDays(long millisLocal) {
    // We assume millisLocal is midnight of some date. What we are basically trying to do
    // here is go from local-midnight to UTC-midnight (or whatever time that happens to be).
    long millisUtc = millisLocal + localTimeZone.getOffset(millisLocal);
    int days;
    if (millisUtc >= 0L) {
      days = (int) (millisUtc / MILLIS_PER_DAY);
    } else {
      days = (int) ((millisUtc - 86399999 /*(MILLIS_PER_DAY - 1)*/) / MILLIS_PER_DAY);
    }
    return days;
  }
private static int millisToDays(long millisLocal) {
    // We assume millisLocal is midnight of some date. What we are basically trying to do
    // here is go from local-midnight to UTC-midnight (or whatever time that happens to be).
    long millisUtc = millisLocal + localTimeZone.getOffset(millisLocal);
    int days;
    if (millisUtc >= 0L) {
      days = (int) (millisUtc / MILLIS_PER_DAY);
    } else {
      days = (int) ((millisUtc - 86399999 /*(MILLIS_PER_DAY - 1)*/) / MILLIS_PER_DAY);
    }
    return days;
  }
private static int millisToDays ( long millisLocal ) { // We assume millisLocal is midnight of some date. What we are basically trying to do // here is go from local-midnight to UTC-midnight (or whatever time that happens to be). long millisUtc = millisLocal + localTimeZone . getOffset ( millisLocal ) ; int days ; if ( millisUtc >= 0L ) { days = ( int ) ( millisUtc / MILLIS_PER_DAY ) ; } else { days = ( int ) ( ( millisUtc - 86399999 /*(MILLIS_PER_DAY - 1)*/ ) / MILLIS_PER_DAY ) ; } return days ; }
Return number of days since the unix epoch.

This function has been copied from Apache Hive project.
Return number of days since the unix epoch .