How to compare current time with time range?

Question

I have two String variables - time1 and time2. Both contain value in the format HH:MM. How can I check:

1. If the current time

Answer 1

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");

Date EndTime = dateFormat.parse("10:00");

Date CurrentTime = dateFormat.parse(dateFormat.format(new Date()));

if (CurrentTime.after(EndTime))
{
    System.out.println("timeeee end ");
}

Don't forget to surrounded with a try catch block