1SimpleDateFormat inputParser = new SimpleDateFormat(inputFormat, Locale.US);
2
3private void compareDates(){
4 Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
5
6 int hour = now.get(Calendar.HOUR);
7 int minute = now.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
8
9 date = parseDate(hour + ":" + minute);
10 dateCompareOne = parseDate(compareStringOne);
11 dateCompareTwo = parseDate(compareStringTwo);
12
13 if ( dateCompareOne.before( date ) && dateCompareTwo.after(date)) {
14 //yada yada
15 }
16}
17
18private Date parseDate(String date) {
19
20 try {
21 return inputParser.parse(date);
22 } catch (java.text.ParseException e) {
23 return new Date(0);
24 }
25}
26