java.time.MonthDay.compareTo() Method Example

Description

The java.time.MonthDay.compareTo(MonthDay other) method compares this month-day to another month-day.

Declaration

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

public int compareTo(MonthDay other)

Parameters

other − the other month-day to compare to, not null.

Return Value

the comparator value, negative if less, positive if greater.

Exceptions

NullPointerException − the other is null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.MonthDay.compareTo(MonthDay other) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.MonthDay;

public class MonthDayDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      
      MonthDay date = MonthDay.parse("--12-30");
      System.out.println(date);  
      MonthDay date1 = MonthDay.parse("--12-20");
      System.out.println(date1);  
      System.out.println(date1.compareTo(date));  
   }
}

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

--12-30
--12-20
-10