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conditional decide based on time range

amy_milesB7Q7X — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 20:06:32 GMT

[ FlexSim 21.2.3 ]

I want to check to see if I'm on 1st shift or not. I have a decide and I can do Model.time<x hours but that only works for a day. What would be the syntax to say is time between 8am and 4pm so it works if I run the model a week? Or is there a way to designate shifts?

Re: conditional decide based on time range

Ben_WilsonADSK — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 22:07:34 GMT

FlexScript's DateTime object has an hour property that can be queried to give you the model's current hour of the day. See the documentation:

FlexScript Class - DateTime (flexsim.com)

So you can get the model's current hour, then use that in your logic:

double currentHour = Model.dateTime.hour;

You might check out Time Tables as a way to define shifts, along with behaviors that happen at the start and end of the shifts.

Re: conditional decide based on time range

amy_milesB7Q7X — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 20:24:40 GMT

Thanks Ben,got it to work, could not find how to say "between" but just discovered the code builder and was able to do > and < using &&.