Create a datetime item

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

@steven_191

if (now.isbefore(EndTime) && now.isafter(StartTime))

That’s exactly the expression you can use in a rule. But be careful, you mast cast the right itemtypes on it. See Rich’s genious pattern on that one:

[Deprecated] Design Pattern: Time Of Day

[Edit] Adde link to Time of Day State Machine For years now I’ve let this Design Pattern post get out of hand so I’m going to rein it in a bit now. It’s really expanded away from what it’s originally intended to be (i.e. a way to illustrate how to code a time based state machine) into a thread that is mostly about the example, Time of Day. It’s partially my fault for naming the thread “Time of Day”. But there are better alternatives for Time of Day in specific and time based state machines in g…