如果你使用的是Java 8，你应该使用Java .time。*类来比较日期-它优先于各种java.util。*类

如;https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html

LocalDate date1 = LocalDate.of(2016, 2, 14);
LocalDate date2 = LocalDate.of(2015, 5, 23);
date1.isAfter(date2);

我的建议:

    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.set(1999,10,01);   // nov 1st, 1999
    cal.set(Calendar.AM_PM,Calendar.AM);
    cal.set(Calendar.HOUR,0);
    cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE,0);
    cal.set(Calendar.SECOND,0);
    cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND,0);

    // date column in the Thought table is of type sql date
    Thought thought = thoughtDao.getThought(date, language);

    Assert.assertEquals(cal.getTime(), thought.getDate());

如果你只想比较两个没有时间的日期，那么下面的代码可能会帮助你:

final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
Date dLastUpdateDate = dateFormat.parse(20111116);
Date dCurrentDate = dateFormat.parse(dateFormat.format(new Date()));
if (dCurrentDate.after(dLastUpdateDate))
{
   add your logic
}

public static Date getZeroTimeDate(Date fecha) {
    Date res = fecha;
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

    calendar.setTime( fecha );
    calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
    calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
    calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
    calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

    res = calendar.getTime();

    return res;
}

Date currentDate = getZeroTimeDate(new Date());// get current date   

这是解决这个问题最简单的方法。

如果严格使用Date (java.util.Date)，或者不使用任何外部库。用这个:

public Boolean compareDateWithoutTime(Date d1, Date d2) {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
    return sdf.format(d1).equals(sdf.format(d2));
}

如果你真的想使用java.util。约会时，你会这样做:

public class TimeIgnoringComparator implements Comparator<Date> {
  public int compare(Date d1, Date d2) {
    if (d1.getYear() != d2.getYear()) 
        return d1.getYear() - d2.getYear();
    if (d1.getMonth() != d2.getMonth()) 
        return d1.getMonth() - d2.getMonth();
    return d1.getDate() - d2.getDate();
  }
}

或者，使用Calendar代替(首选，因为getYear()等已弃用)

public class TimeIgnoringComparator implements Comparator<Calendar> {
  public int compare(Calendar c1, Calendar c2) {
    if (c1.get(Calendar.YEAR) != c2.get(Calendar.YEAR)) 
        return c1.get(Calendar.YEAR) - c2.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    if (c1.get(Calendar.MONTH) != c2.get(Calendar.MONTH)) 
        return c1.get(Calendar.MONTH) - c2.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    return c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) - c2.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
  }
}