这里还有一个使用JavaScript的解决方案。我的解决方案的特点：

将空值处理为无穷大假设下限是包含的，上限是不包含的。附带一系列测试

这些测试基于整数，但由于JavaScript中的日期对象是可比较的，因此您也可以添加两个日期对象。或者您可以输入毫秒时间戳。

代码：

/**
 * Compares to comparable objects to find out whether they overlap.
 * It is assumed that the interval is in the format [from,to) (read: from is inclusive, to is exclusive).
 * A null value is interpreted as infinity
 */
function intervalsOverlap(from1, to1, from2, to2) {
    return (to2 === null || from1 < to2) && (to1 === null || to1 > from2);
}

测验：

describe('', function() {
    function generateTest(firstRange, secondRange, expected) {
        it(JSON.stringify(firstRange) + ' and ' + JSON.stringify(secondRange), function() {
            expect(intervalsOverlap(firstRange[0], firstRange[1], secondRange[0], secondRange[1])).toBe(expected);
        });
    }

    describe('no overlap (touching ends)', function() {
        generateTest([10,20], [20,30], false);
        generateTest([20,30], [10,20], false);

        generateTest([10,20], [20,null], false);
        generateTest([20,null], [10,20], false);

        generateTest([null,20], [20,30], false);
        generateTest([20,30], [null,20], false);
    });

    describe('do overlap (one end overlaps)', function() {
        generateTest([10,20], [19,30], true);
        generateTest([19,30], [10,20], true);

        generateTest([10,20], [null,30], true);
        generateTest([10,20], [19,null], true);
        generateTest([null,30], [10,20], true);
        generateTest([19,null], [10,20], true);
    });

    describe('do overlap (one range included in other range)', function() {
        generateTest([10,40], [20,30], true);
        generateTest([20,30], [10,40], true);

        generateTest([10,40], [null,null], true);
        generateTest([null,null], [10,40], true);
    });

    describe('do overlap (both ranges equal)', function() {
        generateTest([10,20], [10,20], true);

        generateTest([null,20], [null,20], true);
        generateTest([10,null], [10,null], true);
        generateTest([null,null], [null,null], true);
    });
});

使用karma&jasmine&PhantomJS运行时的结果：

PhantomJS 1.9.8（Linux）：执行20次成功（0.003秒/0.004秒）

我认为，在以下情况下，两个范围重叠就足够了：

(StartDate1 <= EndDate2) and (StartDate2 <= EndDate1)

对于ruby，我也发现了这一点：

class Interval < ActiveRecord::Base

  validates_presence_of :start_date, :end_date

  # Check if a given interval overlaps this interval    
  def overlaps?(other)
    (start_date - other.end_date) * (other.start_date - end_date) >= 0
  end

  # Return a scope for all interval overlapping the given interval, including the given interval itself
  named_scope :overlapping, lambda { |interval| {
    :conditions => ["id <> ? AND (DATEDIFF(start_date, ?) * DATEDIFF(?, end_date)) >= 0", interval.id, interval.end_date, interval.start_date]
  }}

end

在这里找到它，解释很好->http://makandracards.com/makandra/984-test-if-two-date-ranges-overlap-in-ruby-or-rails

如果您使用的日期范围尚未结束（仍在进行中），例如未设置endDate='0000-00-00'您不能使用BETWEEN，因为0000-00-00不是有效日期！

我使用了这个解决方案：

(Startdate BETWEEN '".$startdate2."' AND '".$enddate2."')  //overlap: starts between start2/end2
OR (Startdate < '".$startdate2."' 
  AND (enddate = '0000-00-00' OR enddate >= '".$startdate2."')
) //overlap: starts before start2 and enddate not set 0000-00-00 (still on going) or if enddate is set but higher then startdate2

如果startdate2高于enddate，则没有重叠！

使用Java util.Date，这里是我所做的。

    public static boolean checkTimeOverlaps(Date startDate1, Date endDate1, Date startDate2, Date endDate2)
    {
        if (startDate1 == null || endDate1 == null || startDate2 == null || endDate2 == null)
           return false;

        if ((startDate1.getTime() <= endDate2.getTime()) && (startDate2.getTime() <= endDate1.getTime()))
           return true;

        return false;
    }

我认为最简单的方法是比较EndDate1是否在StartDate2之前，EndDate2是否在StartDate 1之前。

当然，如果您正在考虑StartDate总是在EndDate之前的时间间隔。