Re: setting limitations for users based on time

[sundialsvc4]

Yes, there must be someting more to it than just this.   All that you need to know is, what is the hour and minute of the current time-of-day.   The built-in module Time::Piece will very conveniently give you this.   There must be some starting and ending range of times that you care about.   If, for example, you must clock-in within 5 minutes either side of the hour ...

use Time::Piece;

my $t = localtime;  # RETURNS AN OBJECT
unless ( ($t->minute <= 5) or ($t->minute >= 55) {
   die "You can't log in now!"
} 

There might be a little additional logic to “round up to the next hour” if minute >= 55 ...

[marto]

Had you actually tested what you posted you'd know this doesn't compile.