Intro
This examples, will demonstrates how to compare two dates using Date.compareTo() method.
Examples
package com.freesamplecode.java.datetime; import java.util.Date; public class CompareTwoDateDemo { public static void main(String[] args){ //first date object Date date1 = new Date(); //sleep 1000 ms before creating second date object try{ Thread.sleep(1000); }catch(Exception e){ e.printStackTrace(); }; //second date object Date date2 = new Date(); int result = date1.compareTo(date2); System.out.println("First Date :"+date1); System.out.println("Second Date :"+date2); if(result > 0){ System.out.println("First Date is after Second Date"); }else if(result < 0){ System.out.println("First Date is before Second Date"); }else{ System.out.println("Both dates are equal"); } } }
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