Java Date Compare compareTo(Date src, Date dest)

Description

compare To

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int compareTo(Date src, Date dest) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

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

    public static int compareTo(Date src, Date dest) {
        Date d1 = parseDateTime(formatDateTime(src, DATETIME_PATTERN), DATETIME_PATTERN);
        Date d2 = parseDateTime(formatDateTime(dest, DATETIME_PATTERN), DATETIME_PATTERN);
        int i = d1.compareTo(d2);
        return i;
    }/*from  w w w .j  a v  a2s .  c om*/

    public static Date parseDateTime(String str) {
        return parseDateTime(str, DATETIME_PATTERN);
    }

    public static Date parseDateTime(String str, String pattern) {
        Date d = null;
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        try {
            d = sdf.parse(str);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return d;
    }

    public static String formatDateTime(Date d) {
        return formatDateTime(d, DATETIME_PATTERN);
    }

    public static String formatDateTime(Date d, String pattern) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        return sdf.format(d);
    }
}

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