Lua os.time()

[andu]

Hello.

I'm stuck with one thing. I'm going to make a Christmas Event which starts in 18/12 and ends 4/01 (DD/MM). How to check in lua does actual day is in range?

 

[Cornex]

Hello.

I'm stuck with one thing. I'm going to make a Christmas Event which starts in 18/12 and ends 4/01 (DD/MM). How to check in lua does actual day is in range?

Maybe something like this can work

local startDate = os.time{year=2016, month=12, day=2, hour=10, sec=0}
local endDate = os.time{year=2016, month=12, day=17, hour=21, sec=0}
local currentDate = os.time()

if (currentDate >= startDate and currentDate <= endDate) then
    print('BETWEEN')
end

 

[andu]

Event starts at 18th December and ends 4th January. Also script shouldn't check for year, becouse I want to make it work in every year without doing any changes.

I did sth like this:

local starts = {"18", "12"} -- DD, MM
local ends = {"04", "01"} -- DD, MM

[...]

if os.time("%m") >= starts[2] or os.time("%m") <= ends[2] then -- check for months
     if os.time("%d") >= starts[1] or os.time("%d") <= ends[1] then -- check for days
          ---
     end
end

Second line have bad logic. Becouse script may continue even if date is: 03/12 (DD/MM)

#edit, solved it with this code:

        local starts = {"18", "12"} -- DD, MM
        local ends = {"04", "01"} -- DD, MM

[...]

        local check = 0
        if os.time("%m") == starts[2] and os.time("%d") >= starts[1] then
            check = 1
        elseif os.time("%m") == ends[2] and os.time("%d") <= ends[1] then
            check = 1
        elseif os.time("%m") > starts[2] and os.time("%m") < ends[2] then
            check = 1
        end
        if check == 1 then
            -- start event
        end