<?php $today = new DateTime; $randomAfternoonTime = (clone $today)->setTime(13, 25); $randomNightTime = (clone $today)->add(new DateInterval('P1D'))->setTime(2, 23); // Times relevant to Amsterdam on 2020-09-23. $sunsetTime = (clone $today)->setTime(19, 36); $sunriseTime = (clone $today)->add(new DateInterval('P1D'))->setTime(7, 30); echo "Sunset at:\n" . $sunsetTime->format('Y-m-d H:i') . "\n\n"; echo "Sunrise at:\n" . $sunriseTime->format('Y-m-d H:i') . "\n\n"; echo "Some time in the afternoon (NOT in between sunset/sunrise):\n" . $randomAfternoonTime->format('Y-m-d H:i') . "\n\n"; echo "At night (in between sunset/sunrise):\n" . $randomNightTime->format('Y-m-d H:i') . "\n\n"; // Shows bool(false): 13:25 is not in between sunset/sunrise. var_dump($randomAfternoonTime->getTimestamp() > $sunsetTime->getTimestamp() && $randomAfternoonTime->getTimestamp() < $sunriseTime->getTimestamp()); // Shows bool(true): 02:23 is in between sunset/sunrise. var_dump($randomNightTime->getTimestamp() > $sunsetTime->getTimestamp() && $randomNightTime->getTimestamp() < $sunriseTime->getTimestamp());
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