A handy utility method that will return the part of the day, such as morning, afternoon, evening, etc.
public static String getPartOfTheDay(final int hour) { if(hour > 4 && hour < 12) { if(hour <= 8) { return "Early Morning"; } else if(hour > 8 && hour < 11) { return "Morning"; } return "Late Morning"; } else if(hour >= 12 && hour < 17) { if(hour >= 13 && hour <= 15) { return "Early Afternoon"; } else if(hour >= 16) { return "Late Afternoon"; } return "Afternoon"; } else if(hour >= 17 && hour <= 21) { if(hour <= 19) { return "Early Evening"; } return "Evening"; } else { return "Night"; } } |
The method is based on the following logic, that many people would agree with:
Morning: 5 to 12
- Early morning: 5 to 8
- Late morning: 11 to 12
Afternoon: 12 to 17
- Early afternoon: 13 to 15
- Late afternoon: 16 to 17
Evening: 17 to 21
- Early evening: 17 to 21
Night: 21 to 4
