Android : Android compare date yyyy-mm-dd [duplicate]

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I want to compare a date. I have a date like this String start_date = "2014-06-01";.

I want to compare it with current date, so if the current date is still under the start date, some icon won't show.

I already get the current date

    Date cDate = new Date();
    String nDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(cDate);            
    TextView date = (TextView) getView().findViewById(R.id.date);
    date.setText(nDate);

But, i confused how to compare it with the date that I have.