From: Ruby Quiz <james@...>
Date: 2007-10-19T21:14:00+09:00
Subject: [QUIZ] Time Window (#144)

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by Brian Candler

Write a Ruby class which can tell you whether the current time (or any given
time) is within a particular "time window". Time windows are defined by strings
in the following format:

	#    0700-0900                     # every day between these times
	#    Sat Sun                       # all day Sat and Sun, no other times
	#    Sat Sun 0700-0900             # 0700-0900 on Sat and Sun only
	#    Mon-Fri 0700-0900             # 0700-0900 on Monday to Friday only
	#    Mon-Fri 0700-0900; Sat Sun    # ditto plus all day Sat and Sun
	#    Fri-Mon 0700-0900             # 0700-0900 on Fri Sat Sun Mon
	#    Sat 0700-0800; Sun 0800-0900  # 0700-0800 on Sat, plus 0800-0900 on Sun

Time ranges should exclude the upper bound, i.e. 0700-0900 is 07:00:00 to
08:59:59. An empty time window means "all times everyday". Here are some test
cases to make it clearer:

	class TestTimeWindow < Test::Unit::TestCase
	  def test_window_1
	    w = TimeWindow.new("Sat-Sun; Mon Wed 0700-0900; Thu 0700-0900 1000-1200")
	    
	    assert ! w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,25,8,0,0))   # Tue
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,26,8,0,0))   # Wed
	    assert ! w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,26,11,0,0))
	    assert ! w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,27,6,59,59)) # Thu
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,27,7,0,0))
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,27,8,59,59))
	    assert ! w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,27,9,0,0))
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,27,11,0,0))
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,29,11,0,0))  # Sat
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,29,0,0,0))
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,29,23,59,59))
	  end
	  
	  def test_window_2
	    w = TimeWindow.new("Fri-Mon")
	    assert ! w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,27)) # Thu
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,28))
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,29))
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,30))
	    assert   w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,10,1))
	    assert ! w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,10,2)) # Tue
	  end
	  
	  def test_window_nil
	    w = RDS::TimeWindow.new("")
	    assert w.include?(Time.mktime(2007,9,25,1,2,3))     # all times
	  end
	end