<code lang="Java">
import java.sql.Date;

class DateTest {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Date today = Date.valueOf("2006-08-08"); // use date of today here
		Date alsoToday = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()); // has time information and will probably not be equal to "today"
		
		
		System.out.println(today.equals(alsoToday)); // false
		
		System.out.println(today.equals(Date.valueOf(alsoToday.toString()))); // true
	}
}</code>