Question

I used this to create a date and put it into a database:

String currentDateTimeString = DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(new Date());

I want to build a date with a similar format to the one above and compare it with currentDateTimeString.

I have 3 integers. How do I do that (int year, int month, int day)?

UPDATE:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

         cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, month);
         cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
         cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);

         Date result = cal.getTime();
         String currentDateTimeString2 = DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(result);

I do here something wrong..both arent equal:
currentDateTimeString2==currentDateTimeString //false

Answer 1

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.DATE, date);
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, month-1);//it starts from 0
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
Date result = cal.getTime();

I do here something wrong..both arent equal: currentDateTimeString2==currentDateTimeString //false

String are object, it can’t be compared with == use equals() method