Java Date Compare compare(Date date1, Date date2, String format)

Description

compare

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int compare(Date date1, Date date2, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static int compare(Date date1, Date date2, String format) {
        if (date1 == null && date2 == null) {
            return 0;
        }//from w  w  w.  j a  va 2  s .c  o m
        if (date1 == null) {
            return -1;
        }
        if (date2 == null) {
            return 1;
        }

        String strDate1 = format(date1, format);
        String strDate2 = format(date2, format);

        return strDate1.compareTo(strDate2);
    }

    public static String format(Date date, String format) {
        return date != null ? new SimpleDateFormat(format).format(date).toString() : "";
    }
}

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