I have a datetime field in MySQL which I access through calling result.getString('date'), now I would like to check weather the current date and time in Java has exceeded the MySQL time or is before the MySQL time to check weather a result is activated or not.

Datetime from MySQL has the form: 2011-12-30 17:10:00, how can I compare this string to the Java time?

解决方案

Prior to JDK 8

You can use ResultSet.getDate('date') to retreive a Date object. Then use the method Date.before() or Date.after() to check.

JDK 8 or later

Refer to Basil Bourque's answer below.