if (StartDate1 > StartDate2) swap(StartDate, EndDate);

(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！

我认为，在以下情况下，两个范围重叠就足够了：

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

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。

这是我的解决方案，当值不重叠时返回真值：

X开始1Y端1

开始2B端2

TEST1: (X <= A || X >= B)
        &&
TEST2: (Y >= B || Y <= A) 
        && 
TEST3: (X >= B || Y <= A)


X-------------Y
    A-----B

TEST1:  TRUE
TEST2:  TRUE
TEST3:  FALSE
RESULT: FALSE

---------------------------------------

X---Y
      A---B

TEST1:  TRUE
TEST2:  TRUE
TEST3:  TRUE
RESULT: TRUE

---------------------------------------

      X---Y
A---B

TEST1:  TRUE
TEST2:  TRUE
TEST3:  TRUE
RESULT: TRUE

---------------------------------------

     X----Y
A---------------B

TEST1:  FALSE
TEST2:  FALSE
TEST3:  FALSE
RESULT: FALSE