The equals() method of LocalDateTime class in Java checks if this date-time is equal to another date-time. This other date-time is passed as the parameter. This method returns a boolean value showing the same.
Syntax:
public boolean equals(Object date2)
Parameter: This method accepts a parameter date2 which checks if this date-time is equal to another date-time.
Returns: The function returns a boolean value if this is equal to the other date-time.
Below programs illustrate the LocalDateTime.equals() method:
Program 1:
// Java program to illustrate the equals() method import java.util.*;import java.time.*; public class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Parses the date LocalDateTime dt1 = LocalDateTime .parse("2018-11-03T12:45:30"); // Prints the date System.out.println("Date 1: " + dt1); // Parses the date LocalDateTime dt2 = LocalDateTime .parse("2018-11-03T12:45:30"); // Prints the date System.out.println("Date 2: " + dt2); // Compares the date System.out.println("Is Date 1 " + "equal to Date 2: " + dt2.equals(dt1)); }} |
Output:
Date 1: 2018-11-03T12:45:30 Date 2: 2018-11-03T12:45:30 Is Date 1 equal to Date 2: true
Program 2:
// Program to illustrate the equals() method import java.util.*;import java.time.*; public class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Parses the date LocalDateTime dt1 = LocalDateTime .parse("1998-01-05T06:20:10"); // Prints the date System.out.println("Date 1: " + dt1); // Parses the date LocalDateTime dt2 = LocalDateTime .parse("2018-11-03T12:45:30"); // Prints the date System.out.println("Date 2: " + dt2); // Compares the date System.out.println("Is Date 1 " + "equal to Date 2: " + dt2.equals(dt1)); }} |
Output:
Date 1: 1998-01-05T06:20:10 Date 2: 2018-11-03T12:45:30 Is Date 1 equal to Date 2: false
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalDateTime.html#equals(java.lang.Object)