How to compare two dates along with time in java

Question

I have two Date objects with the below format.

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(\"yyyy-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ss\");
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Answer 1

An alternative is Joda-Time.

Use DateTime

DateTime date = new DateTime(new Date());
date.isBeforeNow();
or
date.isAfterNow();