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

Answer 1

public static boolean between(Date date, Date dateStart, Date dateEnd) {
    if (date != null && dateStart != null && dateEnd != null) {
        if (date.after(dateStart) && date.before(dateEnd)) {
            return true;
        }
        else {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

EDIT: Another suggested variant:

public Boolean checkDate(Date startDate, Date endDate, Date checkDate) { 
    Interval interval = new Interval(new DateTime(startDate), 
                                     new DateTime(endDate));   
    return interval.contains(new DateTime(checkDate)); 
}