From 73d380fb76f2c707c93fe37c1c0d605bb42b6203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Ladygo <alx-gitlab@arclight.industries>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:18:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] EPLHelpers: add date comparison functions

---
 src/main/java/EPLHelpers.java | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/EPLHelpers.java b/src/main/java/EPLHelpers.java
index 96377a5..fd3b6ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/EPLHelpers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/EPLHelpers.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.joda.time.DateTimeComparator;
 
 
 public class EPLHelpers {
@@ -10,4 +11,20 @@ public class EPLHelpers {
     public static int getHour(DateTime date) {
         return date.getHourOfDay();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Compare two times and return true if the first is earlier than
+     * the second.
+     */
+    public static boolean earlierThan(DateTime a, DateTime b) {
+        return DateTimeComparator.getInstance().compare(a, b) < 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compare two times and return true if the first is later than
+     * the second.
+     */
+    public static boolean laterThan(DateTime a, DateTime b) {
+        return DateTimeComparator.getInstance().compare(a, b) > 0;
+    }
 }