compare date in jsp

[Dhirender Kumar]

i am retrive two date from first JSP page to second JSP page using request.getParameter method in date1 and date2 variable.

i want to compare date1 and date2.

example:-
if (date1 > date2 )
{
out.print("date1");
}
else
{
out.print("date2");
}


Pls help

[Ben Souther]

This is really a Java in General (Beginner) question but here goes...

Take a look at the GregorianCalendar Class:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/GregorianCalendar.html

It has a (int year, int month, int dayOfMonth) constructor and implements Comparable.