android - Comparing Date Picker date with the current date and applying before() function -

i want compare date comes datepicker in format "dd/mm/yyyy" against current date of system, , apply operation currentdate.before(pickeddate). how that?

you can current date with:

string pattern = "mm-dd-yyyy";  simpledateformat format = new simpledateformat(pattern);  try {    date date = format.parse("01-07-2013");   system.out.println(date);   } catch (parseexception e) {   e.printstacktrace(); }