Java Date to Timestamp compareDate(String timeStamp1, String timeStamp2)

Description

compare Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int compareDate(String timeStamp1, String timeStamp2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2012//from w  w  w . ja  v  a2s.  c  o  m
 * Software Technology Group, Dresden University of Technology
 * DevBoost GmbH, Berlin, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 140026
 * 
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *   Software Technology Group - TU Dresden, Germany;
 *   DevBoost GmbH - Berlin, Germany
 *      - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static final String DATE_FORMAT_NOW = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS";

    public static int compareDate(String timeStamp1, String timeStamp2) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_NOW);
        try {
            Date d1 = sdf.parse(timeStamp1);
            Date d2 = sdf.parse(timeStamp2);

            if (d1.compareTo(d2) == 0) {
                return -1;
            }
            return d1.compareTo(d2);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
        }
        return 0;

    }
}

Related

1. dateToTimestamp(Date date)
2. dateToTimestamp(Date date)
3. dateToTimestamp(Date date)
4. dateToTimestamp(Date date)