Storing Business Hours in a Database

Question

I\'m currently trying to work out the best way to store a business\' hours of operation in a database.

For example:

Business A has the following hours of ope

Answer 1

One situation that isn't covered by this schema is several opening periods in a day. For example, the local pub is open 12:00-14:30 and 17:00-23:00.

Maybe a theatre box office is open for a matinee and an evening performance.

At that point you need to decide if you can have several entries for the same day, or if you need to represent different hours in the same row.

What about opening times that cross midnight. Say a bar is open 19:00-02:00. You couldn't just compare the opening and closing times with the time you want to test.