Why not compare the milliseconds value?
John Martin wrote:
The problem with that is that comparing datetime means that 10/06/2006 12:00:01 != 10/06/2006 18:30:00. I just want to see if a Date is the same, before, or after another. The time messes up the tests. I think using the commons/validator is the right thing to do since the less code we write, the less we have to maintain. On the otherhand, my method is short and sweet. /** * compares two dates (excluding time) to determine if date A is equal, before or after date B * @param dateA a java.util.Date object * @param dateB a java.util.Date object * @return int a value of zero (0) indicates the dates are equal; a value less than zero (< 0) date A is prior to B; and a * value greater than zero (> 0) indicates date A occurs after B */public static int compareDates(java.util.Date dateA, java.util.Date dateB) {String strDateA = UtilDateTime.toDateString(dateA, "yyyyMMdd"); String strDateB = UtilDateTime.toDateString(dateB, "yyyyMMdd"); return strDateA.compareTo(strDateB); }
