public static void main(String[] args) { String [] dateArray = {"2013-04-01","2013-04-08","2013-04-28","2013-04-08", "2013-11-11"}; showMaxDate(dateArray); } private static String showMaxDate(String[] dateArray) { Map<String, Integer> dateMap = new TreeMap<String, Integer>(); int i, arrayLen; arrayLen = dateArray.length; for(i = 0; i < arrayLen; i++){ String dateKey = dateArray[i]; if(dateMap.containsKey(dateKey)){ int value = dateMap.get(dateKey) + 1; dateMap.put(dateKey, value); }else{ dateMap.put(dateKey, 1); } } Set<String> keySet = dateMap.keySet(); String []sorttedArray = new String[keySet.size()]; Iterator<String> iter = keySet.iterator(); int index = 0; while (iter.hasNext()) { String key = iter.next(); // System.out.println(key + ":" + dateMap.get(key)); sorttedArray[index++] = key; } int sorttedArrayLen = sorttedArray.length; System.out.println("最小日期是:" + sorttedArray[0] + "," + " 天数为" + dateMap.get(sorttedArray[0])); System.out.println("最大日期是:" + sorttedArray[sorttedArrayLen - 1] + "," + " 天数为" + dateMap.get(sorttedArray[sorttedArrayLen - 1])); return sorttedArray[sorttedArrayLen - 1]; }