use "date" def testCompareDates() { assertTrue(newDate(2016, 04, 10) > newDate(2015, 03, 11)) assertTrue(newDate(2012, 04, 10) < newDate(2015, 03, 11)) assertTrue(newDate(2015, 03, 11, 0, 0, 0) == newDate(2015, 03, 11)) }