Comparison between two dates

[vidhya subramaniam]

I have one date as
String s = message[i].getSentDate().toString()
and another one is
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DATE,-1);
SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd 'at' 14:00:00");
fmt.format(cal.getTime());
I want to put fmt.format(cal.getTime()) in a variable and compare it with s. I would like to know if the date is less or greater than the other.
Whats the best way to do it
Thanks,
Vidhya

[Thomas Paul]

The Calendar class has all sorts of methods for comparing two dates. So I would convert my string into a Calendar and then do the comparison.

[Nayanjyoti Talukdar]

I suggest to convert both the object to Date object. Date class implements Comparable interface which has a method called compareTo(Object o). Using the method, one can compare two Date object.
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Nayan