Compare two dates in Java

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Date equality depends on the two dates being equal to the millisecond. Creating a new Date object using new Date() will never equal a date created in the past. Joda Time‘s APIs simplify working with dates; however, using the Java’s SDK alone:

if (removeTime(questionDate).equals(removeTime(today)) 
  ...

public Date removeTime(Date date) {    
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();  
    cal.setTime(date);  
    cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);  
    cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);  
    cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);  
    cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);  
    return cal.getTime(); 
}

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