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。


当前回答

public static class NumberExtensionMethods
    {
        public static Boolean IsBetween(this Int64 value, Int64 Min, Int64 Max)
        {
            if (value >= Min && value <= Max) return true;
            else return false;
        }

        public static Boolean IsBetween(this DateTime value, DateTime Min, DateTime Max)
        {
            Int64 numricValue = value.Ticks;
            Int64 numericStartDate = Min.Ticks;
            Int64 numericEndDate = Max.Ticks;

            if (numricValue.IsBetween(numericStartDate, numericEndDate) )
            {
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }
    }

public static Boolean IsOverlap(DateTime startDate1, DateTime endDate1, DateTime startDate2, DateTime endDate2)
        {
            Int64 numericStartDate1 = startDate1.Ticks;
            Int64 numericEndDate1 = endDate1.Ticks;
            Int64 numericStartDate2 = startDate2.Ticks;
            Int64 numericEndDate2 = endDate2.Ticks;

            if (numericStartDate2.IsBetween(numericStartDate1, numericEndDate1) ||
                numericEndDate2.IsBetween(numericStartDate1, numericEndDate1) ||
                numericStartDate1.IsBetween(numericStartDate2, numericEndDate2) ||
                numericEndDate1.IsBetween(numericStartDate2, numericEndDate2))
            {
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        } 


if (IsOverlap(startdate1, enddate1, startdate2, enddate2))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("IsOverlap");
            }

其他回答

@Bretana给出的数学解很好,但忽略了两个具体细节:

封闭或半开放间隔的方面空间隔


关于区间边界的封闭或开放状态,@Bretana的解对封闭区间有效

(起点A<=终点B)和(终点A>=起点B)

可以重写为半开间隔:

(开始A<结束B)和(结束A>开始B)

这种校正是必要的,因为根据定义,开放区间边界不属于区间的值范围。


关于空间隔,这里上面所示的关系不成立。根据定义不包含任何有效值的空间隔必须作为特殊情况处理。我通过Java时间库Time4J通过以下示例进行了演示:

MomentInterval a = MomentInterval.between(Instant.now(), Instant.now().plusSeconds(2));
MomentInterval b = a.collapse(); // make b an empty interval out of a

System.out.println(a); // [2017-04-10T05:28:11,909000000Z/2017-04-10T05:28:13,909000000Z)
System.out.println(b); // [2017-04-10T05:28:11,909000000Z/2017-04-10T05:28:11,909000000Z)

前导方括号“[”表示封闭的开始,而最后一个括号“)”表示开放的结束。

System.out.println(
      "startA < endB: " + a.getStartAsInstant().isBefore(b.getEndAsInstant())); // false
System.out.println(
      "endA > startB: " + a.getEndAsInstant().isAfter(b.getStartAsInstant())); // true

System.out.println("a overlaps b: " + a.intersects(b)); // a overlaps b: false

如上所示,空间隔违反了上面的重叠条件(尤其是startA<endB),因此Time4J(以及其他库)必须将其作为特殊的边缘情况来处理,以确保任何任意间隔与空间隔的重叠都不存在。当然,日期间隔(默认情况下在Time4J中是关闭的,但也可以是半开的,就像空日期间隔一样)的处理方式类似。

这里是我的简化。假设时间间隔

       | |
     | |

不要重叠,xa<xb和ya<yb可以简化处理。上述条件可以简单检查。然后你会得到

      ya       yb
      |--------|
xa |--|xb
   |----|
         |----|
ya > xa => return ya - xa < xb - xa
else    => return xa < yb

正如您可能注意到的,第二个间隔仅在xa>=ya的情况下相关。

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

public static class NumberExtensionMethods
    {
        public static Boolean IsBetween(this Int64 value, Int64 Min, Int64 Max)
        {
            if (value >= Min && value <= Max) return true;
            else return false;
        }

        public static Boolean IsBetween(this DateTime value, DateTime Min, DateTime Max)
        {
            Int64 numricValue = value.Ticks;
            Int64 numericStartDate = Min.Ticks;
            Int64 numericEndDate = Max.Ticks;

            if (numricValue.IsBetween(numericStartDate, numericEndDate) )
            {
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }
    }

public static Boolean IsOverlap(DateTime startDate1, DateTime endDate1, DateTime startDate2, DateTime endDate2)
        {
            Int64 numericStartDate1 = startDate1.Ticks;
            Int64 numericEndDate1 = endDate1.Ticks;
            Int64 numericStartDate2 = startDate2.Ticks;
            Int64 numericEndDate2 = endDate2.Ticks;

            if (numericStartDate2.IsBetween(numericStartDate1, numericEndDate1) ||
                numericEndDate2.IsBetween(numericStartDate1, numericEndDate1) ||
                numericStartDate1.IsBetween(numericStartDate2, numericEndDate2) ||
                numericEndDate1.IsBetween(numericStartDate2, numericEndDate2))
            {
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        } 


if (IsOverlap(startdate1, enddate1, startdate2, enddate2))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("IsOverlap");
            }

我认为,在以下情况下,两个范围重叠就足够了:

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