java.time.OffsetDateTime.timeLineOrder() Method Example

Description

The java.time.OffsetDateTime.timeLineOrder() method gets a comparator that compares two OffsetDateTime instances based solely on the instant.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.OffsetDateTime.timeLineOrder() method.

public static Comparator<OffsetDateTime> timeLineOrder()

Return Value

a comparator that compares in time-line order

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.OffsetDateTime.timeLineOrder() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.OffsetDateTime;

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

      OffsetDateTime date = OffsetDateTime.parse("2017-02-03T12:30:30+01:00");
      OffsetDateTime date1 = OffsetDateTime.parse("2017-03-03T12:30:30+01:00");
      
      int result =  OffsetDateTime.timeLineOrder().compare(date, date1);
      System.out.println(result);  
   }
}

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

-1