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//package com.java2s;
/**
 * 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
 * <p/>
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * <p/>
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * 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.
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>
     * <b> public int compare(mDate, dateToCOmpareWith, format) </b>
     * </p>
     *
     * Compares two dates with each other using the rules of the given date
     * format.
     *
     * @param mDate
     *            The date you want to compare
     * @param dateToCompareWith
     *            The date comparing with
     * @param format
     *            An accepted format which must be valid for a
     *            <code>SimpleDateFormat</code>
     * @return <p>
     *         returns 0 if the dates are equal
     *         </p>
     *         <p>
     *         returns > 0 if mDate is larger then the date to compare with
     *         </p>
     *         <p>
     *         returns < 0 if mDate is smaller then the date to compare with
     *         </p>
     */
    public static int compareDates(String mDate, String dateToCompareWith, String format) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        Date date1 = null;
        Date date2 = null;
        try {
            date1 = sdf.parse(mDate);
            date2 = sdf.parse(dateToCompareWith);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date1.compareTo(date2);
    }
}