Java: Iterating through start and end dates, best practice?

Question

What is the best practice to iterate through a start and end date?

Answer 1

I once used a variant of the following Date Iterator.

Not sure if it is a best practice or not, but it was a clear solution and I liked it.

Answer 2

Iterator myVeryOwnIterator = HashMap.keySet().iterator(); while(myVeryOwnIterator.hasNext()) { System.out.println(myVeryOwnIterator.next()); }

Answer 3

If you want to iterate between certain time units such as every hour between two dates, you could take a look at this obligatory joda-time answer: Java date iterator factory, with rules specifying how to calculate the intervals