Java Date Compare compare(final Date lhs, final Date rhs)

Description

Null-safe implementation to compare two dates against each other.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
lhs	left-hand side date
rhs	right-hand side date

Return

-1 if the left hand is earlier, 1 if it is later, and 0 if it is the same as the right side

Declaration

public static int compare(final Date lhs, final Date rhs) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**/*w  w w . jav  a 2  s  .c  om*/
     * Null-safe implementation to compare two dates against each other.
     *
     * @param lhs left-hand side date
     * @param rhs right-hand side date
     * @return -1 if the left hand is earlier, 1 if it is later, and 0 if it is the same as the right side
     */
    public static int compare(final Date lhs, final Date rhs) {
        if (lhs == null)
            return (rhs == null ? 0 : -1);
        if (lhs == rhs)
            return 0;
        if (rhs == null)
            return 1;

        return lhs.compareTo(rhs);
    }
}

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