Using AS2 to get time and change based on result

Question

I need to make an edit to a flash projector that was built some time ago that changes what is playing based on the time of day. It is used to advertise breakfast or lunch/dinner for a restaurant. Previously we had set it up so that the time change happened at 5 in the morning and 10 in the morning. The code is below. The restaurant wants to change the time switch to be on the half hour now. I know how to pull the hours and minutes to do this.
This is the code I have been using
var currentHours:Date = new Date();
var currentMin:Date = new Date();
timeInHours = currentHours.getHours();
timeInMin = currentMin.getMinutes();
var now:Date = new Date();
shownow = now.setMilliseconds;
if (timeInHours > 4 && timeInHours < 11 ){
breakfast_mc._visible = true;
breakfast_mc.play();
dinner_mc._visible = false;
dinner_mc.stop();
//trace(timeInHours);
} else {
breakfast_mc._visible = false;
breakfast_mc.stop();
dinner_mc._visible = true;
dinner_mc.play();
//trace(timeInHours);
trace(timeInHours);
trace(timeInMin);
stop();
The breakfast and dinner movie clips have this code in them as well, so than at the end of each cycle, it checks the time and will switch.
I found this code on Flash Kit and wanted to try and modify it, My hope was to get it to generate a 24hr time 1604 or 1029 that I could then do a < / > comparison with, but this function adds the numbers together so 4:15 PM = 31 and 12:19 = 31 also. Does anyone have any suggestions about how I can do this? I need the time to change at 5 AM and 10:30 AM.  There is a possibility that they may want to extend it out to include day of the week as well. RIght now I just need fractional hours to work though.
function checkTime()
var dat = new Date();
var hr = dat.getHours(); // this is 24-hour format already...
var mn = dat.getMinutes();
// round to most recent 15 minute boundary
//mn = Math.floor(mn/15) * 15;
// OPTIONAL - add leading zeros to hr and minute
if (hr < 10)
hr = "0" + hr;
if (mn < 10)
mn = "0" + mn; // remove these last 4 lines if leading zeros not wanted
return hr + mn;
// example usage:
time = checkTime();
trace( time );
Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Hi Kglad,
Thanks for your response, I am trying the code now and I am having some difficulty with it. This is probably so simple, but I can't see it.
var d:Date=new Date();
if ((d.getHours()>=5 && d.getHours()<10) || (d.getHours()==10 && d.getMinutes<=30)){
breakfast_mc._visible = true;
breakfast_mc.play();
dinner_mc._visible = false;
dinner_mc.stop();
trace("it is breakfast time");
} else {
breakfast_mc._visible = false;
breakfast_mc.stop();
dinner_mc._visible = true;
dinner_mc.play();
trace("it is lunch time");
stop();
Once it is past 10:30 I want the dinner movie clip to play and the breakfast clip to stop and disappear. After 5 in the morning, I want the dinner clip to stop and the breakfast one to start.
I've tried < and > with minutes and neither seems to work. The hours work, I set up a test clip with this script in it and when I change my computer clock, I can make this switch back and forth with hours but the minutes still do not factor in.
Thanks