Java: how do I check if a Date is within a certain range?

Question

I have a series of ranges with start dates and end dates. I want to check to see if a date is within that range.

Date.before() and Date.after() seem to be a little a

Answer 1

you can use like this

Interval interval = new Interval(date1.getTime(),date2.getTime());
Interval interval2 = new Interval(date3.getTime(), date4.getTime());
Interval overlap = interval.overlap(interval2);
boolean isOverlap = overlap == null ? false : true