question: public static int truncatedCompareTo ( final Date date1 , final Date date2 , final int field ) { final Date truncatedDate1 = truncate ( date1 , field ) ; final Date truncatedDate2 = truncate ( date2 , field ) ; return truncatedDate1 . compareTo ( truncatedDate2 ) ; }
target:  Determines how two dates compare up to no more than the specified most significant field.