给定两个日期范围,确定两个日期是否重叠的最简单或最有效的方法是什么?

例如,假设我们有由DateTime变量StartDate1到EndDate1和StartDate2到EndDate2表示的范围。


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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

其他回答

这是我的Java解决方案,它也适用于无限区间

private Boolean overlap (Timestamp startA, Timestamp endA,
                         Timestamp startB, Timestamp endB)
{
    return (endB == null || startA == null || !startA.after(endB))
        && (endA == null || startB == null || !endA.before(startB));
}

我认为,在以下情况下,两个范围重叠就足够了:

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

如果重叠本身也需要计算,可以使用以下公式:

overlap = max(0, min(EndDate1, EndDate2) - max(StartDate1, StartDate2))
if (overlap > 0) { 
    ...
}

简单的解决方案:

compare the two dates: 
    A = the one with smaller start date, B = the one with bigger start date
if(A.end < B.start)
    return false
return true

答案对我来说太简单了,所以我创建了一个更通用的动态SQL语句,用于检查某人是否有重叠的日期。

SELECT DISTINCT T1.EmpID
FROM Table1 T1
INNER JOIN Table2 T2 ON T1.EmpID = T2.EmpID 
    AND T1.JobID <> T2.JobID
    AND (
        (T1.DateFrom >= T2.DateFrom AND T1.dateFrom <= T2.DateTo) 
        OR (T1.DateTo >= T2.DateFrom AND T1.DateTo <= T2.DateTo)
        OR (T1.DateFrom < T2.DateFrom AND T1.DateTo IS NULL)
    )
    AND NOT (T1.DateFrom = T2.DateFrom)