Java Date Compare compareTime(Date first, Date second)

Description

compare Time

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
first	a parameter
second	a parameter

Return

the value 0 if first is equal to second; a value less than 0 if first is before second; and a value greater than 0 if first is after second.

Declaration

public static int compareTime(Date first, Date second) 

Method Source Code

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

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

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w w w  .  j a v a2  s.com*/
     * 
     * @param first
     * @param second
     * @return the value 0 if first is equal to second; a value less than 0 if
     *         first is before second; and a value greater than 0 if first is
     *         after second.
     */
    public static int compareTime(Date first, Date second) {

        Calendar firstCal = new GregorianCalendar();
        firstCal.setTime(first);
        firstCal.set(0, 0, 0);

        Calendar secondCal = new GregorianCalendar();
        secondCal.setTime(second);
        secondCal.set(0, 0, 0);

        return firstCal.compareTo(secondCal);
    }
}

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