Java Date Time - LocalDate compareTo(ChronoLocalDate other) example

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LocalDate compareTo(ChronoLocalDate other) compares this date to another date.

Syntax

compareTo has the following syntax.

public int compareTo(ChronoLocalDate other)

Example

The following example shows how to use compareTo.

import java.time.LocalDate;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    LocalDate a = LocalDate.of(2014, 6, 30);
    LocalDate b = LocalDate.of(2014, 7, 1);
    System.out.println(a.compareTo(b)); 
    System.out.println(a.compareTo(a)); 
    System.out.println(b.compareTo(a)); 
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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