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Ossama
Ossama

Reputation: 2433

Check if time is between tonight and tomorrow morning

The following condition does not work, any idea? Does Python think that 8am belongs to the same day and so this condition is not possible?

from datetime import datetime, time
now = datetime.now()
now_time = now.time()
if now_time >= time(23,00) and now_time <= time(8,00): 
    try:
        print 'hall light turning on'
    except:
        print 'Could not connect to Hue gateway'

Upvotes: 7

Views: 11800

Answers (6)

Nav
Nav

Reputation: 20658

For anyone (like me) who does not want to use datetime's time, there's this option:

import time
currentTime = time.localtime(time.time())
hour = int(time.strftime("%H", currentTime))
#minute = int(time.strftime("%M", currentTime))
if hour >= 20 or hour <= 6:#time between 8pm and 6am
    print('It is night')

Upvotes: 0

Kenny Ingle
Kenny Ingle

Reputation: 145

Astral is a module that can give you a more accurate indication of "night time" based on the sun's current location. It's good when you want to automate turning lights on or off more efficiently by using dawn to dusk or sunset to sunrise and indicating what city you're in. Check out: https://astral.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Sample Usage:

import pytz
from datetime import datetime
from astral import Astral
a = Astral()
city = a['Chicago'] # Replace with your city
now = datetime.now(pytz.utc)
sun = city.sun(date=now, local=True)
if now >= sun['dusk'] or now <= sun['dawn']:
    print "It's dark outside"

Upvotes: 4

Louis-Philippe Descamps
Louis-Philippe Descamps

Reputation: 304

you could simplify it to this

if time(8, 00) <= now_time >= time(18, 00):

the full code below

from datetime import datetime, time
now = datetime.now()
now_time = now.time()
if time(8, 00) <= now_time >= time(18, 00):
    try:
        print("hall light turning on")
    except:
        print("Could not connect to Hue gateway")

Upvotes: 1

jfs
jfs

Reputation: 414207

To find out whether the Sun is up using ephem package:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import ephem # $ pip install ephem

observer = ephem.city('Beijing') # <-- put your city here
sun = ephem.Sun(observer)
sun_is_up = observer.previous_rising(sun) > observer.previous_setting(sun)
print('day' if sun_is_up else 'night')

The logic to determine day/night is from @miara's answer. To detect twilight, see Calculating dawn and sunset times using PyEphem.

Upvotes: 1

sanjeev mk
sanjeev mk

Reputation: 4336

Use this logic, to account for when you cross the day in the range:

  def is_time_in_range(start, end, x):
    #true if x is in range
    if start <= end:
         return start <= x <= end
    else:
         return start <= x or x <= end # Understand this part.

Sample Usage:

 import datetime
 start = datetime.time(23, 0, 0)
 end = datetime.time(8, 0, 0)
 is_time_in_range(start, end, datetime.time(23, 30, 0))
 is_time_in_range(start, end, datetime.time(09, 30, 0))

First call returns true second one returns false

Upvotes: -1

Mark Ransom
Mark Ransom

Reputation: 308158

How could the hour be simultaneously >= 23 and <= 8?

Try replacing and with or:

if now_time >= time(23,00) or now_time <= time(8,00):
    print "night"

Upvotes: 18

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