Comparing two dates using Joda time

Question

I want to compare two dates, however I'm running into trouble. 1 date is created from a java.util.date object and the other is manually crafted. The following code is an example:

Date ds = new Date(); DateTime d = new DateTime(ds);  DateTime e = new DateTime(2012,12,07, 0, 0); System.out.println(d.isEqual(e)); 

However the test turns out false. I am guessing that it is because of the time. How can I check if these two dates are equal to each other (I mean the Year, month, date are identical)?

Answer 1

System.out.println(d.toDateMidnight().isEqual(e.toDateMidnight())); 

or

System.out.println(d.withTimeAtStartOfDay().isEqual(e.withTimeAtStartOfDay())); 

Answer 2

You should use toLocalDate():

date1.toLocalDate().isEqual(date2.toLocalDate()) 

This will get rid of the Time part of the DateTime.

There is another approach, but it does not account for the case where the two dates have a different timezone, so it's less reliable:

date1.withTimeAtStartOfDay().isEqual(date2.withTimeAtStartOfDay())