Check a Date is between two dates in Java [duplicate]

Answer 1

I took the initial answer and modified it a bit. I consider if the dates are equal to be "inside"..

private static boolean between(Date date, Date dateStart, Date dateEnd) {
    if (date != null && dateStart != null && dateEnd != null) {
        return (dateEqualOrAfter(date, dateStart) && dateEqualOrBefore(date, dateEnd));

    }
    return false;
}

private static boolean dateEqualOrAfter(Date dateInQuestion, Date date2)
{
    if (dateInQuestion.equals(date2))
        return true;

    return (dateInQuestion.after(date2));

}
private static boolean dateEqualOrBefore(Date dateInQuestion, Date date2)
{
    if (dateInQuestion.equals(date2))
        return true;

    return (dateInQuestion.before(date2));

}