Java.util.Calendar.equals() Method

Description

The java.util.Calendar.equals() method compares this Calendar to the specified Object.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Calendar.equals() method

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Parameters

• obj -- the object to compare with.

Return Value

true if this object is equal to obj; false if there is any difference in those parameters between the two Calendars (millisecond offset from the Epoch).

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.calendar.equal() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class CalendarDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create two calendars
      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

      // specify a date for one of them
      Calendar cal2 = new GregorianCalendar(2011, 04, 29);

      // compare the two calendars.
      boolean b = cal.equals(cal2);

      // print result
      System.out.println("Calendars are equal :" + b);
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Calendars are equal :false