Date/String comparison?

[javoine]

Greets,

I am trying to retrieve a date value stored on another page and compare the value retrieved with another value.

the date is coming from a listbox on page A and being retreived like this:

String eDate = request.getParameter("Dt"
session.setAttribute("endate",eDate);

on page B, i see that it stored the value successfully and will even print the value on the page UNTIL i add the if statement:

String varDate = (String)session.getAttribute("endate"

// out.print(varDate); (this one worked)
if(varDate == "2003-09-08 11:30:00&quot{ (this didnt)
out.print(varDate);
}

If i remove the quotes "" from the date i get an error, however with them there, it does not seem to read the value properly and will not enter the if.

any suggestions?

thanks in advance.

 

[sedj]

>>>> if (varDate == "2003-09-08 11:30:00)

In Java, the operator "==" compares two objects themselves for equality - it does not compare the VALUE of two objects (like some scripting and shell languages)

Try

if (varDate.equals("2003-09-08 11:30:00&quot) {

 

[javoine]

Ah! I must forget my old ways...Thank you sedj i really appreciate it.