Introduction: LocalDate date = new LocalDate(2022, 1, 1); assertThat(date).isBefore(LocalDate.now()) .isAfterOrEqualTo(new LocalDate(2021, 1, 1)) .isBetween(new LocalDate(2020, 1, 1), new LocalDate(2023, 1, 1)); LocalTime time = new LocalTime(12, 0, 0); assertThat(time).isBefore(LocalTime.now()) .isBetween(new LocalTime(9, 0, 0), new LocalTime(18, 0, 0)); DateTime dateTime = new DateTime(2022, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0); assertThat(dateTime).isBeforeNow() .isAfterOrEqualTo(new DateTime(2021, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)); DateTime start = new DateTime(2022, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0); DateTime end = new DateTime(2022, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0); Interval interval = new Interval(start, end); assertThat(interval).hasDuration(Duration.standardHours(12)) .contains(start) .contains(end); <dependency> <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId> <artifactId>fest-assert-joda-time</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </dependency>