java time check API
- by ring bearer
I am sure this was done 1000 times in 1000 different places. The question is I want to know if there is a better/standard/faster way to check if current "time" is between two time values given in hh:mm:ss format. For example, my big business logic should not run between 18:00:00 and 18:30:00. So here is what I had in mind:
public static boolean isCurrentTimeBetween(String starthhmmss, String endhhmmss) throws ParseException{
DateFormat hhmmssFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhh:mm:ss");
Date now = new Date();
String yyyMMdd = hhmmssFormat.format(now).substring(0, 8);
return(hhmmssFormat.parse(yyyMMdd+starthhmmss).before(now) &&
hhmmssFormat.parse(yyyMMdd+endhhmmss).after(now));
}
Example test case:
String doNotRunBetween="18:00:00,18:30:00";//read from props file
String[] hhmmss = downTime.split(",");
if(isCurrentTimeBetween(hhmmss[0], hhmmss[1])){
System.out.println("NOT OK TO RUN");
}else{
System.out.println("OK TO RUN");
}
What I am looking for is code that is better
in performance
in looks
in correctness
What I am not looking for
third-party libraries
Exception handling debate
variable naming conventions
method modifier issues
