Compare two Java Date objects using before method example

  1. /*
  2.   Compare two Java Date objects using before method example.
  3.   This example shows how to compare two java Date objects using before method of
  4.   java Date Class.
  5. */
  6.  
  7. import java.util.Date;
  8.  
  9. public class CompareDateUsingBeforeExample{
  10.  
  11. public static void main(String[] args) {
  12.  
  13. //create first date object
  14. Date d1 = new Date();
  15.  
  16. //make interval of 10 millisecond before creating second date object
  17. try{
  18. Thread.sleep(10);
  19. }catch(Exception e){
  20. }
  21.  
  22.  
  23. //create second date object
  24. Date d2 = new Date();
  25.  
  26. //use boolean before(Date anotherDate) method of Date Class to
  27. //check whether a date is before the specified date
  28.  
  29. System.out.println("First Date : " + d1);
  30. System.out.println("Second Date : " + d2);
  31. System.out.println("Is first date before second ? : " + d1.before(d2));
  32.  
  33. }
  34. }
  35.  
  36. /*
  37. TYPICAL Output Would be
  38. First Date : Sun Sep 09 19:40:44 EDT 2007
  39. Second Date : Sun Sep 09 19:40:44 EDT 2007
  40. Is first date before second ? : true
  41. */

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