Java Date Time - Java Calendar.compareTo(Calendar anotherCalendar)

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Syntax

Calendar.compareTo(Calendar anotherCalendar) has the following syntax.

public int compareTo(Calendar anotherCalendar)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Calendar.compareTo(Calendar anotherCalendar) method.

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import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create two calendar at the different dates
      Calendar cal1 = new GregorianCalendar(2015, 8, 15);
      Calendar cal2 = new GregorianCalendar(2013, 1, 02);

      // compare the time values represented by two calendar objects.
      int i = cal1.compareTo(cal2);

      // return positive value if equals else return negative value
      System.out.println("The result is :"+i);

      // compare again but with the two calendars swapped
      int j = cal2.compareTo(cal1);

      // return positive value if equals else return negative value
      System.out.println("The result is :" + j);

   }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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