Java Utililty Methods SQL Date Compare

boolean compareDate(java.sql.Date date1, java.sql.Date date2)
compare Date

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm");
String str1 = formatter.format(date1);
String str2 = formatter.format(date2);
if (str1.equals(str2))
 return true;
else
 return false;

long compareDate(java.util.Date s1, java.util.Date s2)
compare Date

try {
 return compareDate(DEFAULT_DATE_YMD_FORMAT, toString(s1), toString(s2));
} catch (Exception e) {
 return -1;

int compareDates(Date date1, Date date2)
Equivalent of compareTo() but actually works because Sun fucked up the JDK.

if (date1 instanceof Timestamp) {
 if (date2 instanceof Timestamp) {
 return date1.compareTo(date2);
 } else {
 return date1.compareTo(new Timestamp(date2.getTime()));
} else {
 if (date2 instanceof Timestamp) {
...

int compareSqlDate(Object left, Object right)
compare Sql Date

java.sql.Date l = (java.sql.Date) left;
java.sql.Date r = (java.sql.Date) right;
return l.compareTo(r);