public  boolean systemDate(Date startDate, Date endDate, String exps) {

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        Date  expenseLsDate=null;
        try {

            expenseLsDate   = sdf.parse(exps.substring(0,10));

        } catch (ParseException e) {}


      //  Date expenseLsDate = dateFortmat(exps);

        //SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-mmm-yyyy");//dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm:ss aa
       // Date convertedDate = new Date();
       // ArrayList<Expenses> filteredDate = new ArrayList<>();
       // Iterator<Expenses> iterator = lList.iterator();

       /* for (Expenses temp : lList) {
            try {
                convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(temp.date_of_entry);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }*/
            if ((expenseLsDate.before(endDate)) && (expenseLsDate.after(startDate))) //here "date2" and "date1" must be converted to dateFormat
            {
                Log.e("valid","true");
                //filteredDate.add(convertedDate); // You can use these filtered ArrayList
                return true;
            }
        //}
        Log.e("valid","false");

        return false;
    }