sort array list of special strings, by date

Question

I have an arrayList.

This is an arrayList of strings. The string contains a \"Date.toString\" in format of \"January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT\" +

Answer 1

You could write a comparator that parses the dates and sorts them using date.compareTo(otherDate), but I'd suggest you store dates instead of Strings in the first place, making sorting much easier (Date implements Comparable.

(If your input format is String, then convert the Strings at the time you add them to the list)