Time comparison doesn't work for AM/PM

[Danish_Ken]

Following sample works fine on my PC (24 hour format of course), but when attempted on a 12 hour AM/PM PC, the comparison doesn't work.
Is there any other way of achieving this?

24 hour

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GetTime>TimeNow
Let>EarlyTime=09:30:00
Let>LateTime=18:00:00
If>{(%TimeNow% > %EarlyTime%) AND (%TimeNow% < %LateTime%)}
    MDL>Within allowed time
Else
    MDL>Outside allowed time
Endif

12-hour

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GetTime>TimeNow
Let>EarlyTime=9:30:00 AM
Let>LateTime=6:00:00 PM
If>{(%TimeNow% > %EarlyTime%) AND (%TimeNow% < %LateTime%)}
    MDL>Within allowed time
Else
    MDL>Outside allowed time
Endif

Thanks
/Ken

[Marcus Tettmar]

Don't use GetTime.

Use Hour, Min and Sec commands which always return numbers corresponding to the current hour, minute and second and always return the hour in 24 hour format. Therefore you can never go wrong. They are not influenced by regional settings:

Hour>hh
Min>mm
Sec>ss
Let>TimeNow=%hh%%mm%%ss%

Let>EarlyTime=093000
Let>LateTime=180000

If>{(%TimeNow% > %EarlyTime%) AND (%TimeNow% Within allowed time
Else
MDL>Outside allowed time
Endif

Using If>{(%TimeNow% > %EarlyTime%) AND (%TimeNow% Within allowed time
Else
MDL>Outside allowed time
Endif

GetTime will return a string of the short time format specified in regional settings. You can't therefore use it in numeric comparisons unless you wish to parse it. No point. Use Hour, Min & Sec functions.

[Danish_Ken]

Thanks Marcus, and as always thanks for the speedy reply.
/Ken