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abmservice

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The problem with time: ((
« on: July 27, 2014, 03:42:57 pm »
How to detect that someone was at work between 22:00 and 6:00. I've never dealt with calculations of the time so I do not know how to go about it?
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Re: The problem with time: ((
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2014, 04:10:55 pm »
There is a DateUtils unit (IIRC) that has functions for that I guess.

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taazz

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Re: The problem with time: ((
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2014, 04:50:12 pm »
with time alone you can't with date and time you can because after 23:99 the date changes.
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Re: The problem with time: ((
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2014, 05:08:53 pm »
I know that. just do not know how to solve.
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Re: The problem with time: ((
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2014, 05:14:41 pm »
Quote from: abmservice on July 27, 2014, 03:42:57 pm
How to detect that someone was at work between 22:00 and 6:00. I've never dealt with calculations of the time so I do not know how to go about it?

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  (timeof(now)>22/24.0) or (timeof(now)<6/24.0)
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Re: The problem with time: ((
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2014, 05:19:02 pm »
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  (myvar >= (today+EncodeTime(22,00,00,00))) and (Myvar < (today+1+EncodeTime(06,00,00,00)))
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