Java Date Compare compareDate(String sDate, String eDate, String formatStr)

Description

compare Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int compareDate(String sDate, String eDate, String formatStr) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static int compareDate(Date sDate, Date eDate) {
        Calendar sC = Calendar.getInstance();
        sC.setTime(sDate);//from w w  w.j a va  2 s  .  co m
        Calendar eC = Calendar.getInstance();
        eC.setTime(eDate);
        return sC.compareTo(eC);
    }

    public static int compareDate(String sDate, String eDate, String formatStr) {
        Date startDate = strToDate(sDate, formatStr);
        Date endDate = strToDate(eDate, formatStr);
        return compareDate(startDate, endDate);
    }

    public static Date strToDate(String dateStr, String formatStr) {
        Date date = null;
        try {
            SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(formatStr);
            date = format.parse(dateStr);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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