Java Date Compare compareDate(Date date1, Date date2)

Description

compare Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int compareDate(Date date1, Date date2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/* w  w  w . j  av a2s  .com*/
*    Copyright (C) 2012 Cardinal Info.Tech.Co.,Ltd.
*
*    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
*    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
*    as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
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*    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
*    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
*    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
*
*    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
*    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static int compareDate(Date date1, Date date2) {
        Calendar c1 = Calendar.getInstance();
        c1.setTime(date1);
        Calendar c2 = Calendar.getInstance();
        c2.setTime(date2);

        return compareDate(c1, c2);
    }

    public static int compareDate(Calendar cal1, Calendar cal2) {
        int value = 9;

        if (cal1.before(cal2)) {
            value = -1;
        }
        if (cal1.after(cal2)) {
            value = 1;
        }
        if (cal1.equals(cal2)) {
            value = 0;
        }
        return value;
    }
}

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