java.time.Year.compareTo() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Year.compareTo(Year other) method compares this year-month to another year.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Year.compareTo(Year other) method.

public int compareTo(Year other)

Parameters

other − the other year to compare to, not null.

Return Value

the comparator value, negative if less, positive if greater.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Year.compareTo(Year other) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Year;

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

      Year date = Year.of(2005);
      Year date1 = Year.of(2006);
      System.out.println(date.compareTo(date1));
   }
}

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

-1