time range midnight problem

[nilamo]

Almost all of that function looks the same, except it's there twice.  The only difference is in one spot you have >, and in another <.

How about...

# if stophr is BEFORE the starthr, swap all values, so starthr is always the smaller value
if stophr < starthr:
   starthr, startmin, stophr, stopmin = stophr, stopmin, starthr, startmin

if datetime.time(starthr, startmin) <= now_time <= datetime.time(stophr, stopmin):
   return True
return False

#...that's it.  you've saved yourself 3 lines, and it's easier to make changes/understand