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

your logic would work fine . As u mentioned the dates ur getting from the database are in timestamp , You just need to convert timestamp to date first and then use this logic.

Also dont forget to check for null dates.

here m sharing a bit to convert from Timestamp to date.

public static Date convertTimeStamptoDate(String val) throws Exception {

    DateFormat df = null;
    Date date = null;

    try {
        df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
        date = df.parse(val);
        // System.out.println("Date Converted..");
        return date;
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        System.out.println(ex);
        return convertDate2(val);
    } finally {
        df = null;
        date = null;
    }
}