Comparing two dates using Joda time

Question

I want to compare two dates, however I\'m running into trouble. 1 date is created from a java.util.date object and the other is manually crafted. The following

Answer 1

Write your own method

public boolean checkEqual(DateTime first,DateTime second){
     if(first. == second. && first. == second. && first. == second.){
         return true;
  }
 return false;
}