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Hello. I have a maven project in Liferay 6.2. There is a requirement in which I must compare an EndDate stored in Oracle DB and the current Date. In order to do so, I have created a scheduled job. I implemented the receive(Message message) method, which is the following one:

    @Override
    public void receive(Message message) throws MessageListenerException {
        logger.info("Scheduler for checking dates on Penalties has started...");
        
        ApplicationContext applicationContext = ApplicationContextProvider.getApplicationContext();
        PenaltyService service = (PenaltyService)applicationContext.getBean("service");
                
        Date currentDate = new Date();
        
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        try {
            currentDate = dateFormatter.parse(dateFormatter.format(new Date() ));
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println("Current date is: " + currentDate);
                
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;List<penalty> penalties = service.findAll();
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;for (Penalty penalty : penalties) {
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;if (penalty.endDate == null) {
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;System.out.println("No EndDate...");
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;else if (penalty.endDate.before(currentDate)) {
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;penalty.setRevocationOrCompletion(1);
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;else if (penalty.endDate.compareTo(currentDate) == 0) {
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;penalty.setRevocationOrCompletion(1);
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;System.out.println("-------------------" + penalty.getEndDate() + " " + penalty.isRevocationOrCompletion());
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}</penalty>

I am having some difficulties in implementing the way to compare only the YEAR of those dates and check if the Difference between them is greater than 4.
Can you please help me sort this out? Any suggestion is really appreciated.
Thank you in advance.