java.time

TimeMachine.java

import java.time.Clock;
import java.time.LocalTime;

public class TimeMachine {

    private LocalTime from = LocalTime.MIDNIGHT;

    private LocalTime until = LocalTime.of(6, 0);

    private Clock clock = Clock.systemDefaultZone();

    public boolean isInInterval() {

        LocalTime now = LocalTime.now(clock);

        return now.isAfter(from) && now.isBefore(until);
    }

}

TimeMachineTest.groovy

import org.junit.Test
import org.junit.runner.RunWith
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized

import java.time.Clock
import java.time.Instant

import static java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC
import static org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters

@RunWith(Parameterized)
class TimeMachineTest {

    @Parameters(name = "{0} - {2}")
    static data() {
        [
            ["01:22:00", true,  "in interval"],
            ["23:59:59", false, "before"],
            ["06:01:00", false, "after"],
        ]*.toArray()
    }

    String time
    boolean expected

    TimeMachineTest(String time, boolean expected, String testName) {
        this.time = time
        this.expected = expected
    }

    @Test
    void test() {
        TimeMachine timeMachine = new TimeMachine()
        timeMachine.clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2010-01-01T${time}Z"), UTC)
        def result = timeMachine.isInInterval()
        assert result == expected
    }

}