Comparing Dates in Java

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."); } }