Java Date Time - OffsetDateTime.timeLineOrder() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

Class:

java.time.OffsetDateTime

Method:

public static Comparator<OffsetDateTime> timeLineOrder()

This static method returns a comparator that compares two OffsetDatetime instances based on the timeline Instance. Note that the instance method compareTo(OffSetDateTime) also uses the same static method internally, which if returns 0 then two instances are compare based on LocalDatetime:

this.toLocalDateTime().compareTo(other.toLocalDateTime());

Examples

package com.logicbig.example.offsetdatetime;

import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;

public class TimeLineOrderExample {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        OffsetDateTime d1 = OffsetDateTime.of(2015, 11, 15, 18,
                20, 30, 100, ZoneOffset.ofHours(-5));

        OffsetDateTime d2 = OffsetDateTime.of(2015, 11, 15, 18,
                20, 30, 100, ZoneOffset.ofHours(-5));

        int i = OffsetDateTime.timeLineOrder().compare(d1, d2);
        System.out.println(i);
    }
}

Java Date Time - OffsetDateTime.timeLineOrder() Examples

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