Cant get past 1st if statement in driver

[erin.ctm]

I have an assignment to write a driver to test class Date, using December 6, 1944. This is what appears in the console when I run the application:
I was born on 12/6/1944.
When were you born? 12161944
12/6/1944 and 12161944 are the same.

No matter what date I enter, it displays, “12/6/1944 and [DATE I ENTER] are the same.” It looks like its not evaluating past the the 1st if statement but I'm not sure why. Thanks in advance!
Here is the driver:
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
Date myBdate = new Date();
System.out.print("I was born on ");
System.out.println(myBdate + ".");
System.out.print("When were you born? ");
birthDate2 = myScanner.nextInt();

if (myBdate.compareTo(birthDate2) == 0)
{
System.out.println(myBdate + " and " + birthDate2 + " are the same.");
}
else if (myBdate.compareTo(birthDate2) > 0)
{
System.out.println(myBdate + " is older than " + birthDate2);
}
else if (myBdate.compareTo(birthDate2) < 0)
{
System.out.println(myBdate + " is newer than " + birthDate2);

Here is the class:
package tripObjects;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Date {

// field declarations for instance variables
static int day;
static int year;
static int month;
private static int birthDate2;

// Constructor method
public Date(int newDay, int newMonth, int newYear)
{
day = newDay; // constructors. // syntax is 'field declaration = parameters;'
year = newYear;
month = newMonth;

}
public Date() // default constructor method. This line is the start of an instance method
{
// constructors that initialize
day = 06; // default constructors
year = 1944;
month = 12;

}
// Methods. statements that say "return day,etc are the method bodies
public int getDay()
{
return day;
}
public int getMonth()
{
return month;
}
public int getYear()
{
return year;
}
public String toString() // converts the date from integer to string. returns content in good format for output. new content can b directly output to print or println
{
return month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
}

public void println(String toString) // allows the content to be directly output to print or println

{}

public String monthDate(String month) // month is the obj, Date is the meth
{
StringBuffer outDate = new StringBuffer(month);
outDate.append(" ");
outDate.append(month);
return outDate.toString();
}
public String dayDate(String day) // day is the obj, Date is the meth
{
StringBuffer outDate = new StringBuffer(day);
outDate.append(" ");
outDate.append(day);
return outDate.toString();
}
public String yearDate(String year) // year is the obj, Date is the meth
{
StringBuffer outDate = new StringBuffer(year);
outDate.append(" ");
outDate.append(year);

return outDate.toString();
}
public int compareTo(int birthDate2) {
return 0;
}

[tashimoto]

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
   Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
   Date myBdate = new Date();
   System.out.print("I was born on ");
   System.out.println(myBdate + ".");
   System.out.print("When were you born? ");
   birthDate2 = myScanner.nextInt();

   if (myBdate.compareTo(birthDate2) == 0)
   {
      System.out.println(myBdate + " and " + birthDate2 + " are the same.");
   }
   else if (myBdate.compareTo(birthDate2) > 0)
   {
      System.out.println(myBdate + " is older than " + birthDate2);
   }
   else if (myBdate.compareTo(birthDate2) < 0)
   {
       System.out.println(myBdate + " is newer than " + birthDate2);

package tripObjects;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Date {

// field declarations for instance variables
static int day;
static int year;
static int month;
private static int birthDate2;

// Constructor method
public Date(int newDay, int newMonth, int newYear)
{
    day = newDay; // constructors. // syntax is 'field declaration = parameters;'
    year = newYear;
    month = newMonth;

}

public Date() // default constructor method. This line is the start of an instance method
{
// constructors that initialize
   day = 06; // default constructors
   year = 1944;
   month = 12;

}
// Methods. statements that say "return day,etc are the method bodies
public int getDay()
{
   return day;
}
public int getMonth()
{
   return month;
}
public int getYear()
{
   return year;
}
public String toString() // converts the date from integer to string. returns content in good format for output. new content can b directly output to print or println
{
   return month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
}

public void println(String toString) // allows the content to be directly output to print or println

{}

public String monthDate(String month) // month is the obj, Date is the meth
{
   StringBuffer outDate = new StringBuffer(month);
   outDate.append(" ");
   outDate.append(month);
   return outDate.toString();
}
public String dayDate(String day) // day is the obj, Date is the meth
{
   StringBuffer outDate = new StringBuffer(day);
   outDate.append(" ");
   outDate.append(day);
   return outDate.toString();
}
public String yearDate(String year) // year is the obj, Date is the meth
{
   StringBuffer outDate = new StringBuffer(year);
   outDate.append(" ");
   outDate.append(year);

return outDate.toString();
}
   public int compareTo(int birthDate2) {
   return 0;
}

I see that you have some initial values in your Date class constructor... does this ever change?? Hint: when your user enters their birthdate date...

Hope this helps!
Chris

[berkeleybross]

Look at the method for compareTo...
it always returns 0 and nothing else.

[tashimoto]

Oh yea, my mistake... Ignore my post: except for the code tags - they make reading code much easier! :)

Sorry!
Chris

[erin.ctm]

Thanks! I want to be able to enter in a birthdate then compare it to 12/06/1944. Should this line return something other than 0? This is where I'm confused.

return outDate.toString();
}
public int compareTo(int birthDate2) {
return 0;
}

[Zack]

Here's how to implement a compareTo() method.