Compare two Java Date objects using compareTo method example

/*
  Compare two Java Date objects using compareTo method example.
  This example shows how to compare two java Date objects using compareTo method of 
  java Date Class. 
*/
 
import java.util.Date;
 
public class CompareDateUsingCompareToExample{
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
 
    //create first date object
    Date d1 = new Date();
 
    //make interval of 10 millisecond before creating second date object    
    try{
      Thread.sleep(10);
    }catch(Exception e){
    }
 
 
    //create second date object
    Date d2 = new Date();
 
    System.out.println("First Date : " + d1);
    System.out.println("Second Date : " + d2);
 
    /*
     Use compareTo method of java Date class to compare two date objects.
     compareTo returns value grater than 0 if first date is after another date,
     returns value less than 0 if first date is before another date and returns
     0 if both dates are equal. 
    */
 
    int results = d1.compareTo(d2);
 
    if(results > 0)
      System.out.println("First Date is after second");
    else if (results < 0)
      System.out.println("First Date is before second");
    else
      System.out.println("Both dates are equal");
  }
}
 
/*
TYPICAL Output Would be
First Date : Sun Sep 09 19:50:32 EDT 2007
Second Date : Sun Sep 09 19:50:32 EDT 2007
First Date is before second
*/