Java Date equals() Method

The equals() method of Java Date class returns a Boolean value on the basis of compression between two dates for equality. This method overrides equals in class Object

Syntax:

Parameters

obj - an object to be compared

Return

It returns true if the objects are same otherwise false.

Example 1

import java.util.Date;

public class JavaDateEqualsExample1 {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Date d=new Date(2018,9,21);
		Date d1=new Date(1997,3,10);
		System.out.println("Date 'd' equals Date 'd1' : "+d.equals(d1));
		}
}

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Output:

Date 'd' equals Date 'd1' : false

Example 2

import java.util.Date;

public class JavaDateEqualsExample2 {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Date d=new Date(1997,3,10);
		Date d1=new Date(1997,3,10);
		System.out.println("Date 'd' equals Date 'd1' : "+d.equals(d1));
		}
}

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Output: