Java Date Compare compareDateSequence(String startDate, String endDate)

Description

compare Date Sequence

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int compareDateSequence(String startDate, String endDate) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w w w  . jav  a 2 s .co m*/
 * ==================================================================
 * The Huateng Software License
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2008-2012 TOPSCF  All rights reserved.
 * ==================================================================
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static int compareDateSequence(String startDate, String endDate) {
        java.util.Date start_Date = numberToDate(startDate);
        java.util.Date end_Date = numberToDate(endDate);
        int result = start_Date.compareTo(end_Date);
        return result;
    }

    public static Date numberToDate(String dateString) {

        if ("".equals(dateString) || dateString == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Date date = null;
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
        try {
            date = simpleDateFormat.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("------SCFDataFormat>>StringTodate error="
                    + e);
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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