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//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.sql.Date;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Method to see if a date has already passed. the time of the day has no
     * relevance.
     * 
     * @param theDate
     *            the date to see if it has passed
     * @return true if the date has passed
     */
    public static boolean dateHasPassed(Date theDate) {
        // Get a calendar with the events start time
        GregorianCalendar theCalendar = new GregorianCalendar();
        theCalendar.setTime(theDate);
        // Get a calendar with current system time to compare with
        Calendar systemCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        // If it should return true only if today and not before use == instead
        // of >=
        return systemCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR) > theCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR)
                || (systemCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR) == theCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR)
                        && systemCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) > theCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR));
    }
}