Greetings Monks, Is anyone aware of a module that would help me determine if a time in this format: 
02:29:40
Falls between a start and stop time in the same format? I came up with this elementray way of converting the hours, minutes, and seconds into a number like so: 
my ($ace_hour_start,$ace_min_start,$ace_sec_start) =
  (split/:/, $ace_start_time);
   $ace_hour_start = $ace_hour_start * 100;
   $ace_min_start = $ace_min_start * 10;
   $ace_start_time = $ace_hour_start + $ace_min_start + $ace_sec_start
+;
 
my ($ace_hour_stop,$ace_min_stop,$ace_sec_stop) = 
 (split/:/, $ace_stop_time);
  $ace_hour_stop = $ace_hour_stop * 100;
  $ace_min_stop = $ace_min_stop * 10;
  $ace_stop_time = $ace_hour_stop + $ace_min_stop + $ace_sec_stop;

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But I'm thinking there has got to be an easier/cleaner way. I looked through the plethora of Date/Time modules on CPAN and nothing is jumping out at me (but I'm sure it's right in front of me).

I appreciate any suggestions.

In reply to Seeing if a Time is Within a Range by Dru

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