Comparing dates??

Hello all,
This might seem like a noob question, but I'm trying to compare two dates 
and it's not working like I expect.
In my JSP I have:
                java.util.Calendar today = 
java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
                if ((today.after(b.getSchedPickUpDateCal())) && 
(b.getSchedPickUpDateCal()!=null)){

Where b.getSchedPickUpDateCal returns the date of the scheduled pickup. 
What's happening is that if the date of the pickup and the current date 
are the same, this today.after() is returning true?  I have no idea what's 
going on, but that's what it is doing.  Am I doing this right?

Ron Power
Programmer
Information Services
City Of St. John's, NL
P.O. Box 908
St. John's, NL
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Tel: 709-576-8132
Email: rpower@xxxxxxxxxx
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