这是我的Java解决方案，它也适用于无限区间

private Boolean overlap (Timestamp startA, Timestamp endA,
                         Timestamp startB, Timestamp endB)
{
    return (endB == null || startA == null || !startA.after(endB))
        && (endA == null || startB == null || !endA.before(startB));
}

这里有一个可以在本地使用的通用方法。

    // Takes a list and returns all records that have overlapping time ranges.
    public static IEnumerable<T> GetOverlappedTimes<T>(IEnumerable<T> list, Func<T, bool> filter, Func<T,DateTime> start, Func<T, DateTime> end)
    {
        // Selects all records that match filter() on left side and returns all records on right side that overlap.
        var overlap = from t1 in list
                      where filter(t1)
                      from t2 in list
                      where !object.Equals(t1, t2) // Don't match the same record on right side.
                      let in1 = start(t1)
                      let out1 = end(t1)
                      let in2 = start(t2)
                      let out2 = end(t2)
                      where in1 <= out2 && out1 >= in2
                      let totover = GetMins(in1, out1, in2, out2)
                      select t2;

        return overlap;
    }

    public static void TestOverlap()
    {
        var tl1 = new TempTimeEntry() { ID = 1, Name = "Bill", In = "1/1/08 1:00pm".ToDate(), Out = "1/1/08 4:00pm".ToDate() };
        var tl2 = new TempTimeEntry() { ID = 2, Name = "John", In = "1/1/08 5:00pm".ToDate(), Out = "1/1/08 6:00pm".ToDate() };
        var tl3 = new TempTimeEntry() { ID = 3, Name = "Lisa", In = "1/1/08 7:00pm".ToDate(), Out = "1/1/08 9:00pm".ToDate() };
        var tl4 = new TempTimeEntry() { ID = 4, Name = "Joe", In = "1/1/08 3:00pm".ToDate(), Out = "1/1/08 8:00pm".ToDate() };
        var tl5 = new TempTimeEntry() { ID = 1, Name = "Bill", In = "1/1/08 8:01pm".ToDate(), Out = "1/1/08 8:00pm".ToDate() };
        var list = new List<TempTimeEntry>() { tl1, tl2, tl3, tl4, tl5 };
        var overlap = GetOverlappedTimes(list, (TempTimeEntry t1)=>t1.ID==1, (TempTimeEntry tIn) => tIn.In, (TempTimeEntry tOut) => tOut.Out);

        Console.WriteLine("\nRecords overlap:");
        foreach (var tl in overlap)
            Console.WriteLine("Name:{0} T1In:{1} T1Out:{2}", tl.Name, tl.In, tl.Out);
        Console.WriteLine("Done");

        /*  Output:
            Records overlap:
            Name:Joe T1In:1/1/2008 3:00:00 PM T1Out:1/1/2008 8:00:00 PM
            Name:Lisa T1In:1/1/2008 7:00:00 PM T1Out:1/1/2008 9:00:00 PM
            Done
         */
    }

@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。

这是我使用moment.js的javascript解决方案：

// Current row dates
var dateStart = moment("2014-08-01", "YYYY-MM-DD");
var dateEnd = moment("2014-08-30", "YYYY-MM-DD");

// Check with dates above
var rangeUsedStart = moment("2014-08-02", "YYYY-MM-DD");
var rangeUsedEnd = moment("2014-08-015", "YYYY-MM-DD");

// Range covers other ?
if((dateStart <= rangeUsedStart) && (rangeUsedEnd <= dateEnd)) {
    return false;
}
// Range intersects with other start ?
if((dateStart <= rangeUsedStart) && (rangeUsedStart <= dateEnd)) {
    return false;
}
// Range intersects with other end ?
if((dateStart <= rangeUsedEnd) && (rangeUsedEnd <= dateEnd)) {
    return false;
}

// All good
return true;

答案对我来说太简单了，所以我创建了一个更通用的动态SQL语句，用于检查某人是否有重叠的日期。

SELECT DISTINCT T1.EmpID
FROM Table1 T1
INNER JOIN Table2 T2 ON T1.EmpID = T2.EmpID 
    AND T1.JobID <> T2.JobID
    AND (
        (T1.DateFrom >= T2.DateFrom AND T1.dateFrom <= T2.DateTo) 
        OR (T1.DateTo >= T2.DateFrom AND T1.DateTo <= T2.DateTo)
        OR (T1.DateFrom < T2.DateFrom AND T1.DateTo IS NULL)
    )
    AND NOT (T1.DateFrom = T2.DateFrom)

我认为最简单的方法是比较EndDate1是否在StartDate2之前，EndDate2是否在StartDate 1之前。

当然，如果您正在考虑StartDate总是在EndDate之前的时间间隔。