Explanation: The constructor form of the method shown in this program is deprecated yet it has been
used to show the usage of after and before method of Date class. The constructor of Date shown in this
program takes three arguments: year, month and date. In the before method if invoking date is greater than
the argument passed, false is returned else, true is returned. The date 20/03/98 (January is 0) is greater than
20/2/98 so before returns true and after returns true.
19.4 THE CALENDAR CLASS
This class is defi ned within java.util class package. The Calendar class is an abstract class that provides
methods ...
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