Sort objects in ArrayList by date?

Question

Every example I find is about doing this alphabetically, while I need my elements sorted by date.

My ArrayList contains objects on which one of the datamembers is a

Answer 1

Use the below approach to identify dates are sort or not

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");

boolean  decendingOrder = true;
    for(int index=0;index<date.size() - 1; index++) {
        if(simpleDateFormat.parse(date.get(index)).getTime() < simpleDateFormat.parse(date.get(index+1)).getTime()) {
            decendingOrder = false;
            break;
        }
    }
    if(decendingOrder) {
        System.out.println("Date are in Decending Order");
    }else {
        System.out.println("Date not in Decending Order");
    }       
}   

Answer 2

Pass the ArrayList In argument.

    private static void order(ArrayList<Object> list) {

    Collections.sort(list, new Comparator() {

        public int compare(Object o2, Object o1) {

            String x1 =  o1.Date;
            String x2 =  o2.Date;

                return  x1.compareTo(x2);

        }
    });
}