diff --git a/CS2JLibrary/src/RusticiSoftware/System/DateTimeSupport.java b/CS2JLibrary/src/RusticiSoftware/System/DateTimeSupport.java
index 55b2971..bb7b2eb 100755
--- a/CS2JLibrary/src/RusticiSoftware/System/DateTimeSupport.java
+++ b/CS2JLibrary/src/RusticiSoftware/System/DateTimeSupport.java
@@ -151,5 +151,17 @@ public class DateTimeSupport {
     	cal.add(field, amount);
     	return cal.getTime();
     }
+
+    public static boolean equals(Date d1, Date d2) {
+        return d1 == d2 || (d1 != null && d2 != null && d1.getTime() == d2.getTime());
+    }
+    
+    // null == null, but otherwise all comparisons return false
+    public static boolean lessthan(Date d1, Date d2) {
+        return d1 != null && d2 != null && d1.before(d2);
+    }
+    public static boolean lessthanorequal(Date d1, Date d2) {
+        return d1 != null && d2 != null && (d1.before(d2) || equals(d1,d2));
+    }
 
 }
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