Java Date Compare compareDate(String d1, String d2)

Description

Compare date int.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
d1	the d 1
d2	the d 2

Return

int int

Declaration

public static int compareDate(String d1, String d2) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w ww  .  j  ava 2 s . co m*/
     * Compare date int.
     *
     * @param d1 the d 1
     * @param d2 the d 2
     * @return int int
     */
    public static int compareDate(String d1, String d2) {
        short vl = 1;
        GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
        gc.setTime(getStrDate(d1));
        int year = gc.get(GregorianCalendar.YEAR);
        int month = gc.get(GregorianCalendar.MONTH);
        int day = gc.get(GregorianCalendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        gc.setTime(getStrDate(d2));
        int tempYear = gc.get(GregorianCalendar.YEAR);
        int tempMonth = gc.get(GregorianCalendar.MONTH);
        int tempDay = gc.get(GregorianCalendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        if (year != tempYear) {
            if (year > tempYear)
                vl = 2;
            else
                vl = 0;
        } else {
            if (month != tempMonth) {
                if (month > tempMonth)
                    vl = 2;
                else
                    vl = 0;
            } else {
                if (day != tempDay) {
                    if (day > tempDay)
                        vl = 2;
                    else
                        vl = 0;
                }
            }
        }
        return vl;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the str date.
     *
     * @param strX the str X
     * @return the str date
     */
    public static Date getStrDate(String strX) {
        Date date1 = new Date();
        if (!strX.equals("")) {
            try {
                date1 = (DateFormat.getDateInstance()).parse(strX);
            } catch (Exception ex) {

                System.out.println(ex.toString());
            }
        } else {
            GregorianCalendar gcNow = new GregorianCalendar();
            date1 = gcNow.getTime();
        }

        return date1;
    }
}

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