check given date is between two dates in List

Issue

I have LinkedList of generic Date

LinkedList<Date> dateList = new LinkedList<Date>();`
        try
        {
        a= sdf.parse("21/03/2000");
        b= sdf.parse("21/03/2006");
        c= sdf.parse("18/09/2008");
        }catch(ParseException pe)
        {
            System.out.println("not a date formate");
        }
        dateList.add(a);
        dateList.add(b);
        dateList.add(c);

if a user enters a date i.e 12/05/2002, so the user should get a prompt that the entered date is between 21/03/2000 and 21/03/2006 and also it should give the answer that "the given date is coming after 21/03/2000".

I tried sorting. but didn't work. new to Date class.

Solution

 Date minDate, maxDate;   // assume these are set to something
 Date date;               // the date in question

 return date.after(minDate) && date.before(maxDate);

You can do something like this

    Date a = new Date("21/03/2000");
    Date b = new Date("21/03/2006");
    Date c = new Date("18/09/2008");
    
    List<Date> dateList = new ArrayList<Date>();
    
    Date date = new Date("18/09/2005");
    
    dateList.add(a);
    dateList.add(b);
    dateList.add(c);
    
    for (Date minDate : dateList) {
        for (Date maxDate : dateList) {
            //System.out.println("After " + date.after(minDate));
            //System.out.println("Before " + date.before(maxDate));
            System.out.println("Date " + date + " is After " + minDate + " and Before " + maxDate + " : " + String.valueOf(date.after(minDate) && date.before(maxDate)));
        }
    }

Answered By - Digital Alchemist