Java Date Value Check isDateBefore(String date1, String date2)

Description

is Date Before

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean isDateBefore(String date1, String date2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    public static boolean isDateBefore(String date1, String date2) {
        try {
            return stringToDate(date1, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").before(stringToDate(date2, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            System.out.print(e.getMessage());
        }
        return false;
    }

    public static boolean isDateBefore(Date date1, Date date2) {
        try {
            return date1.before(date2);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.print(e.getMessage());
        }
        return false;
    }

    public static final Date stringToDate(String date, String pattern) throws ParseException {
        if (date == null || pattern == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
            return sdf.parse(date);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. isDate(String text, String pattern)
2. isDate(String val, SimpleDateFormat formatter)
3. isDate(String value, Locale locale)
4. isDateBefore(String date1)
5. isDateBefore(String date1, String date2)
6. isDateFormat(String dateString)
7. isDateFormat(String str, String format)
8. isDateFormatString(String s, String dateFormat, Locale locale)
9. isDateFormatValid(final String pattern)