[asterisk-users] Time of Day Routing

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <05D03313-994B-4892-B045-F61332DDB273 at geekinter.net>,
Steve Howes <steve at geekinter.net> wrote:
> 
> On 14 Aug 2009, at 09:17, Neeraj Chand wrote:
> 
> > Asterisk version 1.4
> > From: Neeraj Chand
> > Sent: Friday, 14 August 2009 8:17 PM
> > To: 'asterisk-users at lists.digium.com'
> > Subject: [asterisk-users] Time of Day Routing
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > With this:
> >    ifTime(00:00-12:00|*|*|*)
> >
> > Whatever time you specify at the end, I believe asterisk continues  
> > to evaluate this condition as true for 2 more minutes.
> >
> > So in this case, it will be valid for 00:00-12:02, even though  
> > you’ve specified 12:00
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Neeraj
> >
> 
> Post a few hours ago..
> 
> "Actually, that's 12:02, because times before 1.6.2 are only accurate  
> down
> to the 2-minute interval.  So 12:01 is treated the same as 12:00.   
> Starting
> with 1.6.2, times are accurate down to the minute."

Hmm, I would still consider it a bug, whether on 1 or 2 minute resolution.
The example condition should start being true at 00:00 exactly, and stop
being true at 12:00 exactly. So at 12:00:01 it should NOT match:

if (now >= start_time && now < end_time)

This then is independent of the resolution, provided the end time is an
exact multiple of that resolution.

After all, if a shop shuts at 5pm prompt, and you get there at 10 seconds
after 5pm, it is shut, not open until 5:00:59.999999 or whenever.

Cheers
Tony
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