我试图获取客户到达日期并将其与SQL数据库进行比较，以查看数据库中是否存在相同的日期。但是我收到以下错误：The operator > is undefined for the argument type(s) java.lang.String, java.lang.String

PS我需要通过不使用SQL查询的Java进行比较

public void makeNewReservation() throws ParseException {
    // Enter informations

    System.out.println("Date of arrivel?");
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    String date_entree = in.next();
    System.out.println("Date of exit? dd/MM/yyyy");
    String date_sortiee = in.next();
    calculateDaysDifference(date_sortiee, date_entree);



public  void calculateDaysDifference(String date_entree, String date_sortiee) throws ParseException{


ConnectionMySQL myConnection=new ConnectionMySQL();
    Connection conSQL=myConnection.startDBConnection();
    boolean connectionOK=myConnection.checkConnection(conSQL);

    String query = ("SELECT `START_DATE`,`END_DATE` FROM `room_booking");


    //if everything is fine with the connection, i try to execute a query
    if (connectionOK){
        try{
            ResultSet mesResultats=myConnection.executeQuery(conSQL, query);

            //the while loop is just for me to check the dates
            while (mesResultats.next()) {
                System.out.println("START_DATE: "+mesResultats.getString(1)+" END_DATE : "+ mesResultats.getString(2));


                if (date_entree > mesResultats.getString(1){
                    System.out.println("cant reserve room room reserved already");


                }
            }


            // je ferme la connexion
            conSQL.close();

        }

        catch(SQLException e){
            e.printStackTrace();


        }

    }