Java Check if Date in between Start and End Dates

import java.util.Date;

public class DateUtil {

    /**
     * This method to check if a Date value in between given start and end Date values.
     * @param valueToValidate the Date value to validate.
     * @param start the start Date object.
     * @param end the end Date object.
     * @return true if the Date in between start and end otherwise return false.
     */
    public static boolean validateDateBetween(Date valueToValidate, Date start, Date end) {
        if (valueToValidate == null || start == null || end == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid argument.");
        }

        if (start.compareTo(end) > 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The end date should greater than start date.");
        }

        return valueToValidate.compareTo(start) >= 0
                && valueToValidate.compareTo(end) <= 0;
    }
}

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class ValidateDateBetweenExample {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        Date date1 = new GregorianCalendar(2022, Calendar.AUGUST, 10).getTime();
        Date date2 = new GregorianCalendar(2022, Calendar.AUGUST, 20).getTime();

        Date start = new GregorianCalendar(2022, Calendar.AUGUST, 5).getTime();
        Date end = new GregorianCalendar(2022, Calendar.AUGUST, 15).getTime();

        // Check if Date in between Start and End Dates
        boolean result1 = DateUtil.validateDateBetween(date1, start, end);
        boolean result2 = DateUtil.validateDateBetween(date2, start, end);

        System.out.println("start: " + start);
        System.out.println("end: " + end);
        System.out.println("\ndate1: " + date1);
        System.out.println("date1 is between start and end: " + result1);
        System.out.println("\ndate2: " + date2);
        System.out.println("date2 is between start and end: " + result2);
    }
}

start: Fri Aug 05 00:00:00 ICT 2022
end: Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 ICT 2022

date1: Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 ICT 2022
date1 is between start and end: true

date2: Sat Aug 20 00:00:00 ICT 2022
date2 is between start and end: false