java.util.Calendar.before() is a method in Calendar class of java.util package. The method returns true if the time represented by this Calendar is before the time represented by when Object. If it is not the case, false is returned.
Syntax :
public boolean before(Object when) Where, when is the Object that is to be compared.
Below are some examples to understand the implementation of the Calendar.before() function in a better way.
Example 1 :
// Implementation to show the usage// of before(Object when) method of// Calendar classimport java.util.*;  class GFG {      public static void main(String[] args)        throws InterruptedException    {          // creating calendar object        Calendar cal_obj1 = Calendar.getInstance();          // printing current date        System.out.println("Time 1 : " + cal_obj1.getTime());          // sleep for 3 seconds        Thread.sleep(3000);          // creating Calendar object        Calendar cal_obj2 = Calendar.getInstance();          // printing current date        System.out.println("Time 2 : " + cal_obj2.getTime());          // checking if 1st date is before 2nd date        // and printing the result        System.out.println(cal_obj1.before(cal_obj2));    }} |
Output :
Time 1 : Wed Feb 28 15:43:19 IST 2018 Time 2 : Wed Feb 28 15:43:22 IST 2018 true
Example 2 :
// Implementation to show the usage// of before(Object when) method of// Calendar classimport java.util.*;  class GFG {      public static void main(String[] args)    {          // creating calendar objects        Calendar cal_obj1 = Calendar.getInstance();        Calendar cal_obj2 = Calendar.getInstance();          // displaying the current date        System.out.println("Current date is : " + cal_obj1.getTime());          // changing year in cal_obj2 calendar        cal_obj2.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2010);          // displaying the year        System.out.println("Year is " + cal_obj2.get(Calendar.YEAR));          // check if calendar date is before current date        System.out.println("Result : " + cal_obj1.before(cal_obj2));    }} |
Output :
Current date is : Wed Feb 28 15:50:16 IST 2018 Year is 2010 Result : false
Example 3 :
// Implementation to show the usage// of before(Object when) method of// Calendar classimport java.util.*;  class GFG {      public static void main(String[] args)    {          // creating calendar objects        Calendar cal_obj1 = Calendar.getInstance();        Calendar cal_obj2 = Calendar.getInstance();          // displaying the current date        System.out.println("Current date is : " + cal_obj1.getTime());          // changing year in cal_obj2 calendar        cal_obj2.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2025);          // displaying the year        System.out.println("Year is " + cal_obj2.get(Calendar.YEAR));          // check if calendar date is before current date        System.out.println("Result : " + cal_obj1.before(cal_obj2));    }} |
Output :
Current date is : Wed Feb 28 16:15:55 IST 2018 Year is 2025 Result : true
