Compare time from given date with two given time strings using Java -

i have method takes argument of 2 time strings eg: t1 - 09:00 , t2 - 15:00 , date argument.

i want achieve solution given time date or within passed timeframe or not.

thanks in advance

public class checktime {     private boolean isopen;      public boolean isvalid(string time1, string time2, date date) {         ----logic goes here------         return isopen;     }      public static void main(string[] args) {         new checktime().isvalid("09:00","15:00",                             new date(system.currenttimemillis()));     } } 

the first thing values format can compared. mind, that's using java 8's time api (or jodatime or such api if you're still using earlier version of java)

date = new date(); localdatetime ldt = localdatetime.ofinstant(now.toinstant(), zoneid.systemdefault());  string startvalue = "09:00"; localtime starttime = localtime.parse(startvalue, datetimeformatter.iso_local_time); 

from this, becomes simple matter of comparing values

system.out.println(ldt.tolocaltime().equals(starttime) ||                                      ldt.tolocaltime().isafter(starttime)); 

i'll leave figure out "before" comparison ;)