import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
public class HashtableDemo {
//comparing date using compareTo method in Java
System.
out.
println("Comparing two Date in Java using CompareTo method");
compareDatesByCompareTo(df, df.parse("01-01-2012"), df.parse("01-01-2012"));
compareDatesByCompareTo(df, df.parse("02-03-2012"), df.parse("04-05-2012"));
compareDatesByCompareTo(df, df.parse("02-03-2012"), df.parse("01-02-2012"));
//comparing dates in java using Date.before, Date.after and Date.equals
System.
out.
println("Comparing two Date in Java using Date's before, after and equals method");
compareDatesByDateMethods(df, df.parse("01-01-2012"), df.parse("01-01-2012"));
compareDatesByDateMethods(df, df.parse("02-03-2012"), df.parse("04-05-2012"));
compareDatesByDateMethods(df, df.parse("02-03-2012"), df.parse("01-02-2012"));
//comparing dates in java using Calendar.before(), Calendar.after and Calendar.equals()
System.
out.
println("Comparing two Date in Java using Calendar's before, after and equals method");
compareDatesByCalendarMethods(df, df.parse("01-01-2012"), df.parse("01-01-2012"));
compareDatesByCalendarMethods(df, df.parse("02-03-2012"), df.parse("04-05-2012"));
compareDatesByCalendarMethods(df, df.parse("02-03-2012"), df.parse("01-02-2012"));
}
//how to check if date1 is equal to date2
if (oldDate.compareTo(newDate) == 0) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " and " + df.
format(newDate
) + " are equal to each other");
}
//checking if date1 is less than date 2
if (oldDate.compareTo(newDate) < 0) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " is less than " + df.
format(newDate
));
}
//how to check if date1 is greater than date2 in java
if (oldDate.compareTo(newDate) > 0) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " is greater than " + df.
format(newDate
));
}
}
//how to check if two dates are equals in java
if (oldDate.equals(newDate)) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " and " + df.
format(newDate
) + " are equal to each other");
}
//checking if date1 comes before date2
if (oldDate.before(newDate)) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " comes before " + df.
format(newDate
));
}
//checking if date1 comes after date2
if (oldDate.after(newDate)) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " comes after " + df.
format(newDate
));
}
}
public static void compareDatesByCalendarMethods
(DateFormat df,
Date oldDate,
Date newDate
) {
//creating calendar instances for date comparision
oldCal.setTime(oldDate);
newCal.setTime(newDate);
//how to check if two dates are equals in java using Calendar
if (oldCal.equals(newCal)) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " and " + df.
format(newDate
) + " are equal to each other");
}
//how to check if one date comes before another using Calendar
if (oldCal.before(newCal)) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " comes before " + df.
format(newDate
));
}
//how to check if one date comes after another using Calendar
if (oldCal.after(newCal)) {
System.
out.
println(df.
format(oldDate
) + " comes after " + df.
format(newDate
));
}
}
}
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