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;
    }

通过简单地确保一个范围在另一个范围之前或同时开始，可以大大简化基于范围之间的关系来检查大量条件的所有解决方案。如果需要，您可以在前面交换范围。

然后，如果第二个范围开始是：

小于或等于第一范围结束（如果包含范围，则包含开始时间和结束时间）；或小于（如果范围包括开始，不包括结束）。

例如（假设两端都包含），范围2只有四种可能性，其中一种是不重叠的（范围末尾的>表示范围结束的位置无关紧要）：

|-----|        range 1, lines below are all range 2.
|-->  :        overlap.
 |--> :        overlap.
      |--->    overlap (no overlap in exclusive-of-end case).
       |--->   no overlap.

第二个范围的端点根本不会影响结果。因此，在伪代码中，您可以执行以下操作（假设s<=e适用于所有范围-如果不适用，您也可以进行顶部交换）：

def overlaps(r1, r2):
    if r1.s > r2.s:
        swap r1, r2
    return r2.s <= r1.e

或者，一级限制递归选项：

def overlaps(r1, r2):
    if r1.s <= r2.s:
        return r2.s <= r1.e
    return overlaps(r2, r1)

如果范围在最后是排他的，则只需在返回的表达式中（在两个代码片段中）将<=替换为<即可。

这大大限制了您必须进行的检查的数量，因为您通过确保第一个范围不会在第二个范围之后开始，提前删除了一半的问题空间。

而且，由于“代码说话”，这里有一些Python代码在实际操作中显示了这一点，其中包含了相当多的测试用例。首先，InclusiveRange类：

class InclusiveRange:
    """InclusiveRange class to represent a lower and upper bound."""

    def __init__(self, start, end):
        """Initialisation, ensures start <= end.
        Args:
            start: The start of the range.
            end: The end of the range.
        """
        self.start = min(start, end)
        self.end = max(start, end)

    def __repr__(self):
        """Return representation for f-string."""
        return f"({self.start}, {self.end})"

    def overlaps(self, other):
        """True if range overlaps with another.
        Args:
            other: The other InclusiveRange to check against.
        """

        # Very limited recursion to ensure start of first range
        # isn't after start of second.

        if self.start > other.start:
            return other.overlaps(self)

        # Greatly simplified check for overlap.

        return other.start <= self.end

然后是一个测试用例处理程序，允许我们很好地呈现单个测试用例的结果：

def test_case(range1, range2):
    """Single test case checker."""

    # Get low and high value for "graphic" output.

    low = min(range1.start, range2.start)
    high = max(range1.end, range2.end)

    # Output ranges and graphic.

    print(f"r1={range1} r2={range2}: ", end="")
    for val in range(low, high + 1):
        is_in_first = range1.start <= val <= range1.end
        is_in_second = range2.start <= val <= range2.end

        if is_in_first and is_in_second:
            print("|", end="")
        elif is_in_first:
            print("'", end="")
        elif is_in_second:
            print(",", end="")
        else:
            print(" ", end="")

    # Finally, output result of overlap check.

    print(f" - {range1.overlaps(range2)}\n")

最后，如果需要，可以添加自己的测试用例：

# Various test cases, add others if you doubt the correctness.

test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 1), InclusiveRange(8, 9))
test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 4), InclusiveRange(5, 9))
test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 4), InclusiveRange(4, 9))
test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 7), InclusiveRange(2, 9))
test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 4), InclusiveRange(0, 9))
test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 9), InclusiveRange(0, 9))
test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 9), InclusiveRange(4, 5))

test_case(InclusiveRange(8, 9), InclusiveRange(0, 1))
test_case(InclusiveRange(5, 9), InclusiveRange(0, 4))
test_case(InclusiveRange(4, 9), InclusiveRange(0, 4))
test_case(InclusiveRange(2, 9), InclusiveRange(0, 7))
test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 9), InclusiveRange(0, 4))
test_case(InclusiveRange(0, 9), InclusiveRange(0, 9))
test_case(InclusiveRange(4, 5), InclusiveRange(0, 9))

产生输出的运行：

r1=(0, 1) r2=(8, 9): ''      ,, - False
r1=(0, 4) r2=(5, 9): ''''',,,,, - False
r1=(0, 4) r2=(4, 9): ''''|,,,,, - True
r1=(0, 7) r2=(2, 9): ''||||||,, - True
r1=(0, 4) r2=(0, 9): |||||,,,,, - True
r1=(0, 9) r2=(0, 9): |||||||||| - True
r1=(0, 9) r2=(4, 5): ''''||'''' - True
r1=(8, 9) r2=(0, 1): ,,      '' - False
r1=(5, 9) r2=(0, 4): ,,,,,''''' - False
r1=(4, 9) r2=(0, 4): ,,,,|''''' - True
r1=(2, 9) r2=(0, 7): ,,||||||'' - True
r1=(0, 9) r2=(0, 4): |||||''''' - True
r1=(0, 9) r2=(0, 9): |||||||||| - True
r1=(4, 5) r2=(0, 9): ,,,,||,,,, - True

其中每条线具有：

这两个范围被评估；“范围空间”（从最低开始到最高结束）的图形表示，其中每个字符都是“范围空间中的值”：'仅表示第一个范围内的值；，仅指示第二范围内的值；|表示两个范围中的值；和表示两个范围中的值。重叠检查的结果。

您可以非常清楚地看到，只有在两个范围中都至少有一个值（即，一个|字符）时，才能在重叠检查中获得真值。其他情况都是假的。

如果您想添加更多测试用例，请随意使用任何其他值。

在Microsoft SQL SERVER中-SQL函数

CREATE FUNCTION IsOverlapDates 
(
    @startDate1 as datetime,
    @endDate1 as datetime,
    @startDate2 as datetime,
    @endDate2 as datetime
)
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Overlap as int
SET @Overlap = (SELECT CASE WHEN  (
        (@startDate1 BETWEEN @startDate2 AND @endDate2) -- caters for inner and end date outer
        OR
        (@endDate1 BETWEEN @startDate2 AND @endDate2) -- caters for inner and start date outer
        OR
        (@startDate2 BETWEEN @startDate1 AND @endDate1) -- only one needed for outer range where dates are inside.
        ) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END
    )
    RETURN @Overlap

END
GO

--Execution of the above code
DECLARE @startDate1 as datetime
DECLARE @endDate1 as datetime
DECLARE @startDate2 as datetime
DECLARE @endDate2 as datetime
DECLARE @Overlap as int
SET @startDate1 = '2014-06-01 01:00:00' 
SET @endDate1 =   '2014-06-01 02:00:00'
SET @startDate2 = '2014-06-01 01:00:00' 
SET @endDate2 =   '2014-06-01 01:30:00'

SET @Overlap = [dbo].[IsOverlapDates]  (@startDate1, @endDate1, @startDate2, @endDate2)

SELECT Overlap = @Overlap

我认为，在以下情况下，两个范围重叠就足够了：

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

由于对于不同的语言和环境有多种答案，这里有一个标准ANSISQL的答案。

在标准SQL中，它非常简单

(StartDate1, EndDate1) overlaps (StartDate2, EndDate2)

假设所有四列都是DATE或TIMESTAMP列。如果两个范围至少有一天相同（假设DATE值），则返回true

（但并非所有DBMS产品都支持此功能）

在PostgreSQL中，使用日期范围也很容易测试是否包含

daterange(StartDate1, EndDate1) @> daterange(StartDate2, EndDate2)

如果第二个范围完全包含在第一个范围中（与“重叠”不同），则上述值返回真

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");
            }