Java Date sorting method?

I have an String array of dates in the format ex:'2010-05-04 11:26:46 +0530'. How can I check whether a particular date in the array i开发者_如何学Gos > today?

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DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z");

df.parse(datearray[i]).after(new Date())