maxinenewyork
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Simplest way to compare two dates, if am having same pattern.\[code\]SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); Date date1 = sdf.parse("2009-12-31"); Date date2 = sdf.parse("2010-01-31"); System.out.println(sdf.format(date1)); System.out.println(sdf.format(date2)); if(date1.after(date2)){ System.out.println("Date1 is after Date2"); } if(date1.before(date2)){ System.out.println("Date1 is before Date2"); } if(date1.equals(date2)){ System.out.println("Date1 is equal Date2"); }\[/code\]Want to compare 2 dates having different different pattern.for eg. \[code\] SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); Date date1 = sdf.parse("2009-12-31"); SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); Date date2 = sdf2.parse("12/12/2012");\[/code\]How can i do the same