Java Date Compare compareDate(String startDate, String endDate, String strFormat)

Description

compare Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int compareDate(String startDate, String endDate, String strFormat) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.text.ParseException;

import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    public static int compareDate(String startDate, String endDate, String strFormat) {
        java.text.SimpleDateFormat formatter = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(strFormat);

        Calendar start = Calendar.getInstance();
        Date tempstartdate;/*from  ww  w  .  j a v  a 2  s.  co m*/
        Calendar end = null;
        try {
            tempstartdate = formatter.parse(startDate);
            start.setTime(tempstartdate);

            end = Calendar.getInstance();
            Date tempenddate = formatter.parse(endDate);
            end.setTime(tempenddate);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        if (start.before(end)) {
            return -1;
        } else if (start.after(end)) {
            return 1;
        } else {
            return 0;
        }
    }
}

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