How to check whether a time is between particular range?

Question

I need to check whether current time is between 8 AM and 3 PM or not. If it is between those time range, then I need to return yes otherwise return false.

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Answer 1

java.time

You are using old outmoded classes. They have been supplanted by the java.time classes built into Java 8 and later. See Oracle Tutorial. Much of the functionality has been back-ported to Java 6 & 7 in ThreeTen-Backport and further adapted to Android in ThreeTenABP.

LocalTime

The LocalTime class actually truly represents a time-of-day only value, unlike the old java.sql.Time and java.util.Date classes.

LocalTime start = LocalTime.of( 8 , 0 );
LocalTime stop = LocalTime.of( 15 , 0 );

Time zone

Determining the current time requires a time zone. For any given moment the time varies around the globe by time zone.

ZoneId zoneId = ZoneId.of( "America/Montreal" );
LocalTime now = LocalTime.now( zoneId );

Compare

Compare by calling equals, isAfter, or isBefore. We use the Half-open approach here as is common in date-time work where the beginning is inclusive while the ending is exclusive.

 Boolean isNowInRange = ( ! now.isBefore( start ) ) && now.isBefore( stop ) ;