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   Ben Bacarisse to Richard Harnden   
   Re: A little puzzle.   
   24 Nov 22 20:36:19   
   
   From: ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk   
      
   Richard Harnden  writes:   
      
   > On 24/11/2022 14:59, Ben Bacarisse wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'd like to find a way to pin it down in case I ever want to express the   
   >> problem to someone else.  The case in point related to timed events   
   >> where I only know the start and end minutes.  I needed to test if the   
   >> current time's minutes was in any of the events.  So if there were three   
   >> events running from   
   >>     10 to 25,  30 to 50  and  55 to 05   
   >> minutes past the hour then at 15 past we are in event 1.  At 35 past we   
   >> are not in any event, and at 03 we are in event 3.   
   >   
   > Isn't 35 within event 2? Or am I missing something?   
      
   Yes!  I stupidly went and edited the times because I'd chosen very odd   
   ones and then didn't check.   
      
   You clearly see the question now, so do you have advice on how I could   
   word it so as to avid your initial view of what was asking?   
      
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   Ben.   
      
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