java.time.LocalDate.equals() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDate.equals(Object obj) method checks if this date is equal to another date.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDate.equals(Object obj) method.

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Parameters

obj − checks if this date is equal to another date.

Return Value

true if this is equal to the other date.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDate.equals(Object obj) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class LocalDateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse("2017-02-03");
      System.out.println(date);  
      LocalDate date1 = LocalDate.parse("2017-03-03");
      System.out.println(date1);  
      System.out.println(date1.equals(date));  
   }
}

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

2017-02-03
2017-03-03
false