Compare Two String Date and Time in android?

Question

I have Two String Datetime as follows:

String Date1 = \"05-09-2013 10:46:10\"
String Date2 = \"06-09-2013 10:46:10\"

I Need to compare thes

Answer 1

Try this,

String pattern = "<yourPattern>";
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
try {
 Date one = dateFormat.parse(<yourDate>);
 Date two = dateFormat.parse(<yourDate>);

}
catch (ParseException e) {}

Answer 2

public static String CompareDates(String date1, String date2) {
try{
String pattern = "dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss";
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
Date Date1 = formatter.parse(date1);
Date Date2 = formatter.parse(date2);
if (Date1 != null && Date2 != null) {
if (Date1 .equals(Date2 ))
{ 
//Both dates are equal.
} 
else{
//both date are not equal("use after and before to check occurrence of dates")
}
}catch (Exception e1){
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}

Answer 3

  SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            Date date1 = sdf.parse("2010-02-22");
            Date date2 = sdf.parse("2010-03-23");
            int i = date1.compareTo(date2);
            switch (i){
                case -1: //date1<date2 = -1
                    return sDate2;
                case 1: //date1>date2 = 1
                    return sDate1;
                case 0: //date1==date2= 0
                default:
                    return sDate2;
            }
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return sDate1;
        }