Cómo encontrar la fecha máxima en la lista?

Este dilema se puede abordar de diferentes formas, sin embargo te mostramos la que en nuestra opinión es la respuesta más completa.

Solución:

Como está solicitando lambdas, puede usar la siguiente sintaxis con Java 8:

Date maxDate = list.stream().map(u -> u.date).max(Date::compareTo).get();

o, si tiene un getter para la fecha:

Date maxDate = list.stream().map(User::getDate).max(Date::compareTo).get();

Una pequeña mejora de la respuesta aceptada es hacer lo null verifique y también obtenga el objeto completo.

public class DateComparator 

public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException 
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    List employees = new ArrayList<>();
    employees.add(new Employee(1, "name1", addDays(new Date(), 1)));
    employees.add(new Employee(2, "name2", addDays(new Date(), 3)));
    employees.add(new Employee(3, "name3", addDays(new Date(), 6)));
    employees.add(new Employee(4, "name4", null));
    employees.add(new Employee(5, "name5", addDays(new Date(), 4)));
    employees.add(new Employee(6, "name6", addDays(new Date(), 5)));
    System.out.println(employees);
    Date maxDate = employees.stream().filter(emp -> emp.getJoiningDate() != null).map(Employee::getJoiningDate).max(Date::compareTo).get();
    System.out.println(format.format(maxDate));
    //Comparator comparator = (p1, p2) -> p1.getJoiningDate().compareTo(p2.getJoiningDate());
    Comparator comparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getJoiningDate);
    Employee maxDatedEmploye = employees.stream().filter(emp -> emp.getJoiningDate() != null).max(comparator).get();
    System.out.println(" maxDatedEmploye : " + maxDatedEmploye);

    Employee minDatedEmployee = employees.stream().filter(emp -> emp.getJoiningDate() != null).min(comparator).get();
    System.out.println(" minDatedEmployee : " + minDatedEmployee);



public static Date addDays(Date date, int days) 
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.setTime(date);
    cal.add(Calendar.DATE, days); // minus number would decrement the days
    return cal.getTime();

Obtendría los siguientes resultados:

 [Employee [empId=1, empName=name1, joiningDate=Wed Mar 21 13:33:09 EDT 2018],
Employee [empId=2, empName=name2, joiningDate=Fri Mar 23 13:33:09 EDT 2018],
Employee [empId=3, empName=name3, joiningDate=Mon Mar 26 13:33:09 EDT 2018],
Employee [empId=4, empName=name4, joiningDate=null],
Employee [empId=5, empName=name5, joiningDate=Sat Mar 24 13:33:09 EDT 2018],
Employee [empId=6, empName=name6, joiningDate=Sun Mar 25 13:33:09 EDT 2018]
]
2018-03-26
 maxDatedEmploye : Employee [empId=3, empName=name3, joiningDate=Mon Mar 26 13:33:09 EDT 2018]

 minDatedEmployee : Employee [empId=1, empName=name1, joiningDate=Wed Mar 21 13:33:09 EDT 2018]

Actualización: ¿Qué pasa si la lista en sí está vacía?

        Date maxDate = employees.stream().filter(emp -> emp.getJoiningDate() != null).map(Employee::getJoiningDate).max(Date::compareTo).orElse(new Date());
    System.out.println(format.format(maxDate));
    Comparator comparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getJoiningDate);
    Employee maxDatedEmploye = employees.stream().filter(emp -> emp.getJoiningDate() != null).max(comparator).orElse(null);
    System.out.println(" maxDatedEmploye : " + maxDatedEmploye);

LocalDate maxDate = dates.stream()
                            .max( Comparator.comparing( LocalDate::toEpochDay ) )
                            .get();

LocalDate minDate = dates.stream()
                            .min( Comparator.comparing( LocalDate::toEpochDay ) )
                            .get();

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