Date equals(Object) in Java

equals(Object): This method is available in java.util.Date class of Java.

Syntax:

boolean java.util.Date.equals(Object obj)

This method takes one argument of type Object (like Date) as its parameter. This method compares two dates for equality.

Note: The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Date object that represents the same point in time, to the millisecond, as this object.

Parameters: One parameter is required for this method.

obj: the object to compare with.

Returns: true if the objects are the same; false otherwise.

Exceptions: NA

Approach

Java

import java.util.Date;

public class Dateequals {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Date date = new Date();

        Object obj = new Date();
        System.out.println(date.equals(obj));

    }
}

Output:

true