config_resolution.py

#!/bin/env python

"""
"option definitions" and "time definitions could also have been placed in extra files and imported.
"""

#-----------------------
#- Option Definitions: -
#-----------------------
options = {
  "night"   : "--super-loud " +
              "--relentless",
  "morning" : "--morning",
  "noon"    : "--noonish",
  "rest"    : "--whatever",
}
#-----------------------
#- time definitions:   -
#-----------------------
def night():
  yield from range(0,8)
  yield 20  # just an example for how to return single values
  yield from range(22,25)
  
def morning(): yield from range(8,12)
  
def noon(): yield from range(12,14)

def rest(): 
  yield from range(14,20)
  yield 21
  
#-----------------------
#- table creation      -
#-----------------------
lookup_table = dict()
for optfun in (night, morning, noon, rest):
  lookup_table.update({hour: options[optfun.__name__] for hour in optfun()})
  
#-----------------------
#- Result              -
#-----------------------
for i in range(25):
    print('{:0>2}: "{}"'.format(i, lookup_table[i]))

from datetime import datetime as dt
print("#"*40)
print('current time: ' + str(dt.now()))
print('Options: {}'.format(lookup_table[dt.now().hour]))