[LANG-291] Null-safe comparison methods for finding most recent / least recent dates.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.3
• Component/s: lang.time.*

Environment

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• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David J. M. Karlsen
• Created: 29/Oct/06 16:35
• Updated: 16/Dec/09 08:51
• Resolved: 15/Nov/06 04:15

Description

/**

• <p>
• Null-safe date comparison.
• Returnes the most recent date if date1 and date2 is non-null.
• If one of the dates are null, the non-null will be returned.
• If both are null, null will be returned.
• </p>
• @param date1
• @param date2
• @return
  */
  public static Date mostRecent( Date date1, Date date2 )

/**

• <p>
• Null-safe date comparison.
• Returnes the least recent (oldest) date if date1 and date2 is non-null.
• If one of the dates are null, the non-null will be returned.
• If both are null, null will be returned.
• </p>
• @param date1
• @param date2
• @return
  */
  public static Date leastRecent( Date date1, Date date2 )