PointLight not disabling

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Hello, so as the title explains, the PointLight is not disabling at a certain time of day. I would like to know if my script is wrong, outdated e.t.c.
Below is code

while true do 
	if game.Lighting.TimeOfDay <= "19:00:00" then 
		script.Parent.PointLight.Enabled = true
	elseif
		game.Lighting.TimeOfDay >= "6:20:00" then
		script.Parent.PointLight.Enabled = false
	end
end

There are no errors in the output.
Any help would be great!

2

There must be an error with this code, since there is no wait statement preventing an execution exhaustion.

Also, the code is erroring because you cannot compare strings.

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3

even if the script works it does it in a terrible way, if it checks every single tick then it will be really laggy

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4

i have a working script from a solar powered light i made that does the same thing pretty much i’ll show it to you

5 
-- This script uses the "ClockTime" property located in Lighting.
while wait(1) do
	if game.Lighting.ClockTime >= 6.5  then
		script.Parent.PointLight.Enabled = false
		script.Parent.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Institutional white")
	else
		script.Parent.PointLight.Enabled = true
		script.Parent.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Cool yellow")
	end
	if game.Lighting.ClockTime >= 18 then
		script.Parent.PointLight.Enabled = true
		script.Parent.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Cool yellow")
	end	
end
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6

To add on to this you can add an or statement and also you can change the material to neon in certain scenarios.

7

oh thats a good idea i’ll make another script that makes it neon. 1 sec

8

It’s still very bad to use a while loop I suggest using GetPropertyChagnedSignal() and maybe use a dictionary instead.

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9

Apperently this has worked. The only thing is I don’t understand the diffrence between ClockTime and TimeOfDay (or if there is a diffrence)

10

yeah but this is a quick script that works and while its not optimized very well it does the job

11

time of day is a string and clocktime is a normal varible so its easier to use

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