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compare date strings in java

hai,

i have "startDate" and "endDate" and getting them in request.getParameter(). Now i want to compare the date difference between them.

Just want to verfiy if endDate is greater than startDate.

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:)

yyyy/mm/dd

sudhakar_koundinya

String format="MM/dd/yyyy"
DateFormat myDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(strFormat);
Date startdate= null;
Date enddate=null;
try {
startdate= myDateFormat.parse(request.getParameter("startdate"));
enddate= myDateFormat.parse(request.getParameter("enddate")
} catch (ParseException e) {
System.out.println("Invalid Date Parser Exception ");
e.printStackTrace();
}

sudhakar_koundinya

oops already accepted

zzynx

>> getting them in request.getParameter()
Guess you get them as String then.

String startDate = ...;
String endDate = ...;

SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/mm/dd"); // or whatever the format may be
java.util.Date start = fmt.parse(startDate);
java.util.Date end = fmt.parse(endDate);
if ( end.after(start) ) {
System.out.println("The end date is greater than the start Date");
}
else if ( end.before(start) ) {
System.out.println("The end date is smaller than the start Date");
}
else {
System.out.println("The end date equals the start Date");
}

zzynx

>> oops already accepted
Same feeling ;°)

Thanks for accepting ldbkutty.