comparing Time objects

can anyone.I have included the following code in a servlet. When i run the servlet without thre code it works fine.When i include it it crashes.Both 'depart' and 'pickTime' are java.sql.Time objects.

Thanx.

if(pickTime.compareTo(depart)<=0)

out.println("

<b>bus booked<b>");

else

out.println("

<b>already booked</b>");

}catch(Exception exxx){out.println("xxxx" + exxx.toString());}

[518 byte] By [tmeagh] at [2007-9-26 22:59:28]