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Asked: 2026-06-01T16:20:20+00:00

I have a model for timeframes defined by: STARTTIME: HH:MM ENDTIME: HH:MM Now i

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I have a model for timeframes defined by:

STARTTIME: HH:MM
ENDTIME: HH:MM

Now i need to do a query with a given time ACTUALTIME in the format HH:MM, and check whether ACTUALTIME is within the any of my given Timeframes defined by: STARTTIME and ENDTIME.

Since the Ruby time object when defined only by the Hour and Minute is always represented by a date, i wonder wether there is any possibility to query something like:
Is 13:40 between 11:00 and 15:00 without taking the date part into account.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Thank Phrogz advice I figured out how to write a method which can compare two times independent from their date. It works fine for me even when the ENDTIMEis after 24:00 

    def betweenTime(timestart, timeend, timecheck)

 getseconds = lambda{ |time| time.hour*60*60 + time.min*60 + time.sec}

 timestart = getseconds[timestart]
 timeend = getseconds[timeend]
 timecheck = getseconds[timecheck]


 if (timeend-timestart) < 0
   timeend = timeend + (60*60*24) # add seconds for one day if timeend is after 24:00
 end

 timecheck.between?(timestart, timeend)
end
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