Java Date Compare compareStartDateEndDate(String startDate, String endDate)

Description

Compares two dates given as Strings.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
startDate	start date
endDate	end date

Return

false if end date is before start date, true otherwise

Declaration

protected static boolean compareStartDateEndDate(String startDate, String endDate) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Date;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    public static final String DATE_FORMAT_AND_TIME = "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss";

    /**
     * Compares two dates given as Strings. If end date is before the start date
     * false is returned, true is returned otherwise.
     * @param startDate start date
     * @param endDate end date
     * @return false if end date is before start date, true otherwise
     */
    protected static boolean compareStartDateEndDate(String startDate, String endDate) {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_AND_TIME);
        Date sDate = null;
        Date eDate = null;
        try {
            sDate = formatter.parse(startDate);
            eDate = formatter.parse(endDate);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }

        return eDate.getTime() >= sDate.getTime();
    }
}

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