Check if current time is between 11pm today and 4am next day?

[Nisar3]

I've a job that runs every 30 minutes. On each run, the first step I need to check is if the time that the job ran lies between 11pm to 4am.

In other words, I wish to have the job run everyday during off peak hours (11pm to 4am).

Is there an elegant way to make this validation?

[Paul Kunze · Accepted solution]

Here is your elegant way to do it 🙂

var glideDateTime = new GlideDateTime();
var currentHour = glideDateTime.getHourOfDayLocalTime(); // based on 24h
if (currentHour >= 4 && currentHour < 23) {
    return false; // do not execute Scheduled Job
}

[Nisar3]

I had gone with this approach but since you answered it, will accept your solution.

var gt = new GlideTime();
var currentHour = gt.getHourOfDayLocalTime();
if([23,0,1,2,3].indexOf(currentHour) == -1){
	// outside of the required slot, so do nothing
	throw {message: 'Current hour is outside preferred slot' };
}

Btw, would there be any difference if I use GlideTime vs GlideDateTime as you've done it your example?