Virtual agent script help for business hours

[M_iA]

What I thought was going to be a simple task has me confused so wondering if someone may be able to assist me with this Virtual agent script to be used within a decision.

I need the flow to check the time. If its between 9am-5pm local time, then it takes one decision branch, if its not between those times, it takes another.

Ive tried multiple scripts, but i cannot get it work as I want. Could anyone give me any pointers because doing something like this just doesnt seem to work for me:

(function execute() {
    var currentTime = new Date();
    var startTime = new Date();
    startTime.setHours(9, 0, 0); // 9:00 AM
    var endTime = new Date();
    endTime.setHours(17, 30, 0); // 5:30 PM
    if (currentTime >= startTime && currentTime <= endTime) {
        vaVars.businessHours = true;
    } else {
        vaVars.businessHours = false;
    }
})()

Branch condition:

(function execute() {
if(vaVars.businessHours==true){
	return true;
}
else{
	return false;
}
})()

[JenniferRah]

Maybe try this?

(function execute() {
    var currentTime = new Date();
    var startTime = new Date();
    startTime.setHours(9, 0, 0); // 9:00 AM
    var endTime = new Date();
    endTime.setHours(17, 30, 0); // 5:30 PM
    if (+currentTime >= +startTime && +currentTime <= +endTime) {
        vaVars.businessHours = true;
    } else {
        vaVars.businessHours = false;
    }
})()

[M_iA · Accepted solution]

In the end, I decided that I should be using a schedule because of weekends. I added the following as a script and it worked:

(function() {
    // Get the current user's local time
    var userLocalTime = new GlideDateTime();

    // Get the schedule
    var scheduleSysId = '4caf307c1bfc3b003faeca217e4bcbcf';
    var schedule = new GlideSchedule(scheduleSysId);

    // Check if the current time is within the schedule
    var isWithinSchedule = schedule.isInSchedule(userLocalTime);
    // Set vaVars.businessHours based on the schedule check
    if (isWithinSchedule) {
        vaVars.businessHours = true;
    } else {
        vaVars.businessHours = false;
    }
})()