In this example we will show the method to compare dates in Java.
Source Code
package com.beginner.examples;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class DateCompareExample1 {
public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
Date date1 = df.parse("2017-07-01 00:00:00");
Date date2 = df.parse("2020-06-15 09:29:30");
if (date1.compareTo(date2) 0) {
System.out.println("Date1 is after date2.");
}
}
}
Output:
Date1 is before date2.
References
Imported packages in Java documentation: