Compare two dates in Java
I need to compare two dates in java. I am using the code like this: Date questionDate = question.getStartDate(); Date today = new Date(); if(today.equals(questionDate)){ System.out.println("Both are equals"); } This is not working. The content of the variables is the following: questionDate contains 2010-06-30 00:31:40.0 today contains Wed Jun 30 01:41:25 IST 2010 How can I resolve this? Eric Hauser Date equality depends on the two dates being equal to the millisecond. Creating a new Date object using new Date() will never equal a date created in the past. Joda Time 's APIs simplify working