简单的解决方案：

compare the two dates: 
    A = the one with smaller start date, B = the one with bigger start date
if(A.end < B.start)
    return false
return true

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));
}

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)

我找到了另一个非常简单的方法。如果daterange1的开始和结束日期在daterange2的开始日期之前，或者daterange3的开始和终止日期在daterange2的结束日期之后，这意味着它们彼此不相交。

public boolean doesIntersect(DateRangeModel daterange1, DateRangeModel  daterange2) {
    return !(
            (daterange1.getStartDate().isBefore(daterange2.getStartDate())
                    && daterange1.getEndDate().isBefore(daterange2.getStartDate())) ||
                    (daterange1.getStartDate().isAfter(daterange2.getStartDate())
                            && daterange1.getEndDate().isAfter(daterange2.getEndDate())));
}

适合我的紧凑公式

class ValidityRuleRange {
        private final Date from;
        private final Date to;
    ...
    private boolean isOverlap(ValidityRuleRange vrr) {
        int c1 = from.compareTo(vrr.getTo());
        int c2 = to.compareTo(vrr.getFrom());
        return c1 == 0 || c2 == 0 || c1 + c2 == 0;
    }