title: sort list of linked hash map by date Java
body: <p>I need help in sorting the list of linked hash map by start date in java. here is sample code:</p>
  
  <pre><code> List&lt;LinkedHashMap&lt;String, String&gt;&gt; responseList = new ArrayList&lt;LinkedHashMap&lt;String, String&gt;&gt;();
   response.put("EventID", 11);
   response.put("EventName", "test");
   response.put("Startdate", "11/20/2017");
   responseList.add(response);
   response.put("EventID", 22);
   response.put("EventName", "test");
   response.put("Startdate", "12/20/2017");
   responseList.add(response);`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this is just sample data with 2 records.. i will have more events in real time.. the sequence in which events will come is not known.. i want to sort this responseList by start date.. can  anyone help pls?</p>