How to compare two string dates in Java?

Question

I have two dates in String format like below -

String startDate = \"2014/09/12 00:00\";

String endDate = \"2014/09/13 00:00\";

I want to

Answer 1

I think it could be done much simpler,

Using Joda Time

You can try parsing this dates simply:

import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm");
DateTime d1 = formatter.parseDateTime(startDate);
DateTime d2 = formatter.parseDateTime(endDate);

Assert.assertTrue(d1.isBefore(d2));
Assert.assertTrue(d2.isAfter(d1));