# Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file — Parameters

> hour : Is the hour from 0 to 23. (0 is midnight, 23 is 11 pm.) min : Minutes from 0 to 59. sec : Seconds from 0 to 59. gmt : Either the string "GMT" for GMT timezone, or not specified, for local timezone. If only a single value is specified (from each category: hour, minute, second), the function re

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hour : Is the hour from 0 to 23. (0 is midnight, 23 is 11 pm.) min : Minutes from 0 to 59. sec : Seconds from 0 to 59. gmt : Either the string "GMT" for GMT timezone, or not specified, for local timezone.

If only a single value is specified (from each category: hour, minute, second), the function returns a true value only at times that match that specification. If both values are specified, the result is true between those times, including bounds, _but the bounds are ordered_.

&gt; [!WARNING] &gt; The order of the hour, minute, second matter. Before Firefox 49, timeRange(0, 23) will always evaluate to true. Now timeRange(23, 0) will only evaluate true if the current hour is 23:00 or midnight.

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