Method parsedate does not work - "undefined for the type TalendJavaSourceViewer"

[Anonymous]

In my tMap component I'm trying to compare two dates, using this code in expression editor:

TalendDate.compareDate(parseDate("dd-MM-yyyy","01-01-2000"),row1.CREATEDDATE)

I need to compare the date "01-01-2000" to the date incoming from the dbInputTable row1 and, if equals, do something. Since I can't compare string and dates, I thought about parsing the string first to date and then compare, but when I hit "Test" in the expression builder I have this error:

the method parsedate is undefined for the type TalendJavaSourceViewer0

What does this mean? Where am I going wrong?

[Jesperrekuh]

TalendDate.parseDate("dd-MM yyyy","01-01-2000")

Thats it. just add TalendDate.

[Anonymous]

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@Dijke wrote:

TalendDate.parseDate("dd-MM yyyy","01-01-2000")

Thats it. just add TalendDate.

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I've already tried it but still doesn't work, gives me a generic error (exception in thread main).

[Jesperrekuh]

in the date format between month and year a '-' is missing:
"dd-MM yyyy","01-01-2000" should be : "dd-MM-yyyy","01-01-2000"

[Anonymous]

Copy-paste error, there is in my code. (I'll modify the post)

[Jesperrekuh]

I use something different for comparison.

// java.util.Date.before(Date when)
// java.util.Date.after(Date when)
// java.util.Date.compareTo(Date when)

TalendDate.parseDate("dd-MM-yyyy","01-01-2000").compareTo(row1.CREATEDDATE)

Sidenote: on the TalendJavaSourceViewer ... is it a supported version of java? 

[Anonymous]

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@Dijke wrote:

I use something different for comparison.

// java.util.Date.before(Date when)
// java.util.Date.after(Date when)
// java.util.Date.compareTo(Date when)

TalendDate.parseDate("dd-MM-yyyy","01-01-2000").compareTo(row1.CREATEDDATE)

Sidenote: on the TalendJavaSourceViewer ... is it a supported version of java? 

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I've tried this way doing this:

TalendDate.parseDate("dd-MM-yyyy","01-01-2000").compareTo(row1.CREATEDDATE) == 0 ? TalendDate.parseDate("dd-MM-yyyy","01-01-1900") : row1.CREATEDDATE

But when hitting "test" the same error appears

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem: 

Is there a way to see what this unresolved compilation problem is?

[Jesperrekuh]

Ok, it might seems strange but... did you restart talend? Sometimes some errors result in some sort of crashing talend (which is eclipse) ... and you keep on running into errors without any particular reason...
This might be the case.

if you select the tMap component (do not open, single click, just select) and on the left lower bottom of this panel (next to view) there's a tab/panel named : code ...

[Anonymous]

I restarted Talend and on the expression builder I have no errors now, but when I try to run the job an error appears saying:

object is not an instance of declaring class

[Jesperrekuh]

It probably has to do with the TalendDate.parseDate().compareTo() which doesnt inherit some util Date stuff I suppose

Try:
in tMap create a var of type Date prsddate which you parse the date
And use in another created var of type int : compareresult
here you: Var.prsddate.compareTo(row1.CREATEDDATE)