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Create if statement with hour and minute in range

Dear all,

I am wanting to create an if statement, i.e. if between 9.30 and 11.00 do something.

I'm getting the hour and minute values from the calendar object.

int hour = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
int min = cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE);

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Now that I'm using half hour data I'm unsure of how to update the if statement to check for hour and minute in range.

if ((hour >= 9) && (hour <= 11)) {
   value = 1;
}

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Thanks

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chaau

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AndyC1000

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I have used your example, for the hour 11 and minute 30 it is accessing the first if statement when it shouldn't (only second). I made a change see below and it still accesses both if statements.

Change to your example
if ((((hour == 9) && (minute >= 30)) || (hour > 9)) && (((hour == 11) && (minute == 0)) || (hour <= 11))) {			
value = 1;
}

if ((((hour == 11) && (minute >= 30)) || (hour > 11)) && (hour <= 13)) {
value = 2;
}

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mccarl

With all your questions regarding date manipulation, I would seriously recommend looking at a library such as Joda-Time (http://www.joda.org/joda-time/) or moving to Java 8 (you're not already using 8 are you? I think I've asked this previously). It would make all this SO much easier and most importantly LESS chances for bugs.

If using a library (or moving to Java 8) is even a remote possibility, let me know and I can show you just how easy all this can become!