diff --git a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/date/DateUtil.java b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/date/DateUtil.java
index d10f3cdc0..f2688e439 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/date/DateUtil.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/date/DateUtil.java
@@ -1883,6 +1883,29 @@ public class DateUtil extends CalendarUtil {
 		return CompareUtil.compare(date1, date2);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * {@code null}安全的日期比较，并只比较指定格式； {@code null}对象排在末尾, 并指定日期格式；
+	 *
+	 *
+	 * @param date1 日期1
+	 * @param date2 日期2
+	 * @param format 日期格式，常用格式见： {@link DatePattern}; 允许为空； date1 date2; eg: yyyy-MM-dd
+	 * @return 比较结果，如果date1 < date2，返回数小于0，date1==date2返回0，date1 > date2 大于0
+	 * @since 5.6.4
+	 * @author dazer
+	 */
+	public static int compare(Date date1, Date date2, String format) {
+		if (format != null) {
+			if (date1 != null) {
+				date1 = parse(format(date1, format), format);
+			}
+			if (date2 != null) {
+				date2 = parse(format(date2, format), format);
+			}
+		}
+		return CompareUtil.compare(date1, date2);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * 纳秒转毫秒
 	 *
diff --git a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/date/DateUtilTest.java b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/date/DateUtilTest.java
index 0e530a269..49a1851a6 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/date/DateUtilTest.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/date/DateUtilTest.java
@@ -698,6 +698,22 @@ public class DateUtilTest {
 		Assert.assertEquals(rangeToList.get(1), DateUtil.parse("2017-01-02"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void compareTest() {
+		Date date1 = DateUtil.parse("2021-04-13 23:59:59.999");
+		Date date2 = DateUtil.parse("2021-04-13 23:59:10");
+
+		Assert.assertEquals(1, DateUtil.compare(date1, date2));
+		Assert.assertEquals(1, DateUtil.compare(date1, date2, DatePattern.NORM_DATETIME_PATTERN));
+		Assert.assertEquals(0, DateUtil.compare(date1, date2, DatePattern.NORM_DATE_PATTERN));
+		Assert.assertEquals(0, DateUtil.compare(date1, date2, DatePattern.NORM_DATETIME_MINUTE_PATTERN));
+
+
+		Date date11 = DateUtil.parse("2021-04-13 23:59:59.999");
+		Date date22 = DateUtil.parse("2021-04-11 23:10:10");
+		Assert.assertEquals(0, DateUtil.compare(date11, date22, DatePattern.NORM_MONTH_PATTERN));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void yearAndQTest() {
 		String yearAndQuarter = DateUtil.yearAndQuarter(DateUtil.parse("2018-12-01"));