How to check time?

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Hi, I need to check the time is between midnight and 12:05 (GMT +2) in an IF statement.

How could I do this??

Thanks, sam. 

 
TimeLocal, TimeCurrent, TimeGMT
 

Thanks...

So would

if ( TimeLocal() >= '00:00:00' && TimeLocal() <= '00:05:00')

work?

 

Im new to this, cant get my head around the time functions and order functions.

Sam. 

 
samuelgo:

Thanks...

So would

if ( TimeLocal() >= '00:00:00' && TimeLocal() <= '00:05:00')

work?

 

Im new to this, cant get my head around the time functions and order functions.

Sam. 

The time functions return a datetime type variable (number of seconds since 1/1/70) so you should convert your midnight and midnight:05 times to datetimes,  have a read of this:  Midnight
 
Thanks!
 
samuelgo: I need to check the time is between midnight and 12:05 (GMT +2) in an IF statement.
 
#define HR2400 (PERIOD_D1 * 60)  // 86400 = 24 * 3600
int      TimeOfDay(datetime when=0){      if(when == 0)  when = TimeCurrent();
                                          return( when % HR2400 );            }
datetime DateOfDay(datetime when=0){      if(when == 0)  when = TimeCurrent();
                                          return( when - TimeOfDay(when) );   }
//datetime Tomorrow( datetime when=0){      if(when == 0)  when = TimeCurrent();
//                                          return(DateOfDay(when) + HR2400);   }
//datetime Yesterday(datetime when=0){      if(when == 0)  when = TimeCurrent();
//   int iD1 = iBarShift(NULL, PERIOD_D1, DateOfDay(when) - 1);
//                                       return( iTime(NULL, PERIOD_D1, iD1) ); }
:
#define HR0005 300 // 12:05 AM
datetime now = TimeCurrent(); // or local or gmt
if(TimeOfDay(now) < HR0005) ...

 

It's not particularly elegant, but I use the following to get midnight of the current date (or whichever date you wish to substitute):

   datetime Midnight = (datetime)TimeToStr(TimeCurrent(),TIME_DATE);
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