Date only comparison using "isBefore" in Java Joda Time

Question

Is there a way to have only dates compared for DateTime object with isBefore function?

For ex.,

DateTime start = new DateTime(Long.parseLong(<someInput>));
DateTime end   = new DateTime(Long.parseLong(<someInput>));

Now when I do,

while (start.isBefore(end)) { 
   // add start date to the list
   start = start.plusDays(1);
}  

This results in inconsistent behavior (for my scenario) as it is taking into consideration time as well whereas what I want is to have just the dates compared using isBefore. Is there a way I can do that?

Please let me know.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you want to compare dates only you probably want to use the LocalDate class, rather than a DateTime.

The JodaTime docs are pretty good: http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/apidocs/org/joda/time/LocalDate.html

Answer 2

Another strategy is to format it.

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
DateTime newStart = df.parse(start);
DateTime newEnd = df.parse(end);

while (newStart.isBefore(newEnd)) { 
  // add start date to the list
  newStart = newStart.plusDays(1);
}