CompareDates.java Source code

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

public class CompareDates {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {

        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

        // Get Date 1
        Date d1 = df.parse("2000-02-01");

        // Get Date 2
        Date d2 = df.parse("2001-03-02");

        String relation;
        if (d1.equals(d2))
            relation = "the same date as";
        else if (d1.before(d2))
            relation = "before";
        else
            relation = "after";
        System.out.println(d1 + " is " + relation + ' ' + d2);
    }
}