Need some intel on a timing script that compares current time with an interval

[diamondrail]

I am in the process of building one of my first scripts and need some advice on creating the code for the following (attached) algorithm.
Entered variables are:
Start time (based on current time zone)
End time (based on current time zone)
Wait time (in minutes)

What's the best and most efficient way to setup this script?
Also what's the best way to have an exit script? Hot keys?

[Dorian (MJT support)]

It seems to me this is something that can be achieved in the Scheduler, which may be preferable to having the script constantly running and waiting.

Below is a simple script which we can use to test. It just writes the time to a text file.

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//Get time and date
Year>TheYear
Month>TheMonth
Day>TheDay
Hour>TheHour
Min>TheMin
Sec>TheSec

//Variables
Let>TheVariable=%TheYear%-%TheMonth%-%TheDay%-%TheHour%-%TheMin%-%TheSec%

//Output
WriteLn>d:\mjt\files\txt\schedule.txt,,TheVariable

The attached image shows the scheduling options I used to start the script at 2pm and run every 5 minutes. I only want it to run at 2, 2.05, 2.10, and 2.15pm, and then reset until tomorrow. So in Advanced, I have set it to reset at 2.16pm.

The output in my text file looks like this :
2019-07-31-14-00-00
2019-07-31-14-05-00
2019-07-31-14-10-00
2019-07-31-14-15-00


However, if you want the script to do it and not the Scheduler, I think this should do what you want. You can change the times in the If> line to experiment.

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label>Start
hour>hh
min>mm

If>{(%hh%%mm%>=900) AND (%hh%%mm%<=2345)}
  MessageModal>"Action" script goes here
Else
  Wait>60
  goto>Start
endif

//Wait 45 minutes
wait>{(45*60)}
goto>Start