public static boolean afterOrEqual(final Date date,final Date dateToCompare){
  return date.after(dateToCompare) || date.equals(dateToCompare);
}

public static boolean afterOrEqual ( final Date date , final Date dateToCompare ) { return date . after ( dateToCompare ) || date . equals ( dateToCompare ) ; }
returns true if the date is later than datetocompare or date is same as datetocompare
