java.time.YearMonth.compareTo() Method Example

Description

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

Declaration

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

public int compareTo(YearMonth other)

Parameters

other − the other year-month 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.YearMonth.compareTo(YearMonth other) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.YearMonth;

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

      YearMonth date = YearMonth.of(2005,11);
      YearMonth date1 = YearMonth.of(2006,11);
      System.out.println(date.compareTo(date1));
   }
}

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

-1