If you want to perform some sort of date comparison in jsp then you need java.util.Date class methods.The two dates in jsp can not be compared using logical operators(<,>,=).

The simplest one is to use compareTo method of java.util.Date class in order to compare two date objects in jsp.

Depending on date values compareTo() returns 3 different numeric value.
date1.compareTo(date2)
It returns 0 if dates are equal
It returns 1, if first date is greater than second date
It returns -1, if first date is less than second date

As an alternate option you can use after,before or equals methods of Date class.

date1.after(date2)
returns a Boolean value TRUE if Date1 is greater than date2

date1.before(date2)
returns a Boolean value TRUE if Date1 is less than date2

date1.equals(date2)
returns a Boolean value TRUE if Date1 is equal to date2