I am trying to compare the current system's time and date with an input String time and date. I am using LocalDateTime.now()
to get the systems current time, and also using DateTimeFormatter
to format it as dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm pattern
static DateTimeFormatter frmt = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm");
static LocalDateTime time = LocalDateTime.now();
Here is what I have:
System.out.print("Enter the Appointment new Date and Time as dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm : ");
String dateAndTime = input.nextLine();
if (//dateAndTime is before or equals the current system time)
{
System.out.println("The new date and time should be after the current time");
}
else
{
System.out.println("Appointment has been updated");
}
Assuming you have parsed the input to LocalDateTime
you can do that as follows:
if (parsedDateTime.isAfter(LocalDateTime.now())) {
System.out.println("Appointment has been updated");
} else {
System.out.println("The new date and time should be after the current time");
}
Keep in mind that isAfter
will return false if parsedDateTime
and LocalDateTime.now()
are exactly the same.