Comparing Dates in Java

msi_333 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:47 pm

Code:

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class CompareDate{
  public static void main(String args[]){
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    Calendar currentcal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.set(2000, Calendar.JUNE, 29);
    currentcal.set(currentcal.get(Calendar.YEAR),
currentcal.get(Calendar.MONTH), currentcal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
    if(cal.before(currentcal))
      System.out.print("Current date(" + new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").
format(currentcal.getTime()) + ") is greater than the given date " + new
SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").format(cal.getTime()));
    else if(cal.after(currentcal))
      System.out.print("Current date(" + new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").
format(currentcal.getTime()) + ") is less than the given date " + new 
SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").format(cal.getTime()));
    else
      System.out.print("Both date are equal.");
  }
} 

Comparing Dates in Java

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