Date Filter in java

Question

I need to filter a date from the "From date" to the "To date" using the "Current date" filter.

Here is the code I use in my java application:

String from = "19/05/1991";
String cmp = "23/05/1991";
String to = "23/12/2015";

if (from.compareTo(cmp) <= 0 && to.compareTo(cmp) >= 0) {
    System.out.println("Date lies between from and to date");
}

Is this code correct?

Sort of, although that answer and the answer it references assumes you have Dates already. A good answer to this one might include why comparing Strings like that won't work (although if the dates were yyyy/mm/dd it would work fine), and how to get a String into a Date. — blm, Oct 03 '15 at 07:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '15 at 07:38

You should do it like this:

String from = "19/05/1991";
String cmp = "23/05/1991";
String to = "23/12/2015";

DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date date1 = format.parse(from);
Date date2 = format.parse(cmp);
Date date3 = format.parse(to);

if(date1.before(date2) && date3.after(date2)) {
   System.out.println("Date lies between from and to date");
}

See Date#after and Date#before

Date Filter in java

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