Question

I have two Date objects which I have set using the calendar setTime() method, I need to check to determine whether or not the day matches but not the time, so for example

         //date1 is Sat Feb 17 20:49:54 +0000 2012
         //date2 is Sat Feb 17 10:39:58 +0000 2012

            cal1.setTime(date1);
            cal2.setTime(date2);
            if (calOld.equals(calNew)){

          }

I need the code to determine if Sat Feb 17 matches but ignore 20:49:54 +0000 2012, thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can use the day of the year field to check if they are equal.

int day1 = cal1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
int day2 = cal2.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
if(day1 == day2) {
   //Do whatever
}