Java Date Compare compare2Dates(Date d1, Date d2)

Declaration

public static int compare2Dates(Date d1, Date d2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**/* w w w.j  av a 2  s .com*/
     * Compare two days and returns -1 if d1 is less than d2 
     * 0 if both are equal, 1 if d1 is greater than d2
     * @param d1 First date to compare
     * @param d2 Second date to compre
     * @return -1 if d1<d2, 0 if d1==d2, 1 if d1>d2
     */
    public static int compare2Dates(Date d1, Date d2) {
        Calendar c1 = Calendar.getInstance();
        Calendar c2 = Calendar.getInstance();
        c1.setTime(d1);
        c2.setTime(d2);
        if (c1.before(c2)) {
            return -1;
        } else if (c1.after(c2)) {
            return 1;
        }
        return 0;
    }
}

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