Date comparisons in different formats

One way you can achieve this is through java's simpleDateFormat:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat

def sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.S'Z'")
def timeCheck = sdf.format(<java.util.Date object>)

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this sdf will put your Date object (30/07/2018 14:57:14.219) in the form 2018-07-30T14:57:14.219Z and this result is a string (you would pass the date object pulled from the db to the formatter)

hopefully this is what you wanted,

Mo

EDIT: it seems you do not want the milliseconds, so your sdf should be 

def sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'") 

Not sure if  you received my thank you on the email feed, so wanted to thank you again here, Mo.

Your suggestion was EXACTLY what I needed - thanks again!

Apologies if lots of duplicates are being posted - I am new to all this community/posting processes. Thanks, your suggestion worked for me!