intervalDifferenceTime

Signature

intervalDifferenceTime(aStart: string, aEnd: string, bStart: string, bEnd: string): { start: string; end: string; }[]

Return the portion(s) of interval A not covered by interval B.

• Uses Temporal.PlainTime.compare for comparison.
• Half-open: an interval holds every t with start <= t < end. A returned piece ends exactly where B starts, or starts exactly where B ends, because B’s end is not in B (CORE-6’s subtractIntervals). No piece is stepped by one unit.
• B touching A (bStart === aEnd or bEnd === aStart), or empty, removes nothing.
• An empty A (aStart === aEnd) has nothing left: returns []. Every returned piece is non-empty.
• Returns [] when B fully covers A, which includes B equal to A.
• Returns [{ start, end }] when B overlaps exactly one edge of A, leaving one piece.
• Returns [{ start, end }, { start, end }] when B is fully inside A with gaps on both sides.
• Returns A unchanged when B lies entirely before or after it.
• Returns [] if either interval is invalid (start > end).
• Returns [] on invalid input (wrong type, malformed strings).

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
aStart	string	ISO 8601 time string for the first interval start
aEnd	string	ISO 8601 time string for the first interval end
bStart	string	ISO 8601 time string for the second interval start
bEnd	string	ISO 8601 time string for the second interval end

Returns

array of { start, end } records representing A minus B, or [] on invalid input

Members of each item

Member	Type	Description
start	string	The clock time the interval begins at, as an ISO 8601 time string with no date, offset or time zone.
end	string	The first clock time after the interval, in the same format as start. It is exclusive: the interval holds everything from start up to but not including this value. It is always later than start.

Examples

import { intervalDifferenceTime } from "@northguild/gmt/plain/interval";

intervalDifferenceTime("09:00:00", "17:00:00", "12:00:00", "13:00:00") // [{ start: "09:00:00", end: "12:00:00" }, { start: "13:00:00", end: "17:00:00" }]

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output

 

Source

plain/interval/intervalDifferenceTime.ts