parsing - How do I represent morning and midnight timings in ruby? -

i need store , retrieve restaurant timings in simple methods morning , midnight. doing is:

def morning     time.new("6:30 am") end  def midnight     time.new("12:00 am") end 

i can compare timings seems wrong way , don't know how read time values method like:

    def open?(time)         time >= morning && time <= midnight      end 

what right way this?

using chronic gem able this:

    def opens_at         morning     end      def closes_at         midnight     end      def open?(time)         chronic.parse(time) >= morning && chronic.parse(time) < midnight     end      private     def morning         chronic.parse("6:30 am")     end      def midnight         chronic.parse("midnight")     end 

this works comparisons