Compares (only) the time of two Calendar objects - Android java.util

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Compares (only) the time of two Calendar objects

Demo Code

/*// w ww . j a  va 2 s. c om
 * Copyright 2014 Kevin Quan (kevin.quan@gmail.com)
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Compares (only) the time of two Calendar objects
     * @param firstTime The first calendar object
     * @param secondTime The second calendar object
     * @return -1 if the time of the first calendar object is earlier than the second calendar object,
     *          1 if the time of the second calendar object is earlier than the first calendar object,
     *          0 if the times are equal
     */
    public static int compareTime(Calendar firstTime, Calendar secondTime) {
        if (firstTime.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) < secondTime
                .get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)) {
            return -1;
        } else if (firstTime.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) > secondTime
                .get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)) {
            return 1;
        }
        if (firstTime.get(Calendar.MINUTE) < secondTime
                .get(Calendar.MINUTE)) {
            return -1;
        } else if (firstTime.get(Calendar.MINUTE) > secondTime
                .get(Calendar.MINUTE)) {
            return 1;
        }
        return 0;
    }
}

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