Active times definition

[Kyle-Falconer]

An activity pattern describing when the toll is active and not active should be defined.

One possible method for defining this would be:

• time_active_start : long - number of seconds after midnight when this toll becomes active
• time_active_end : long - number of seconds after midnight when this toll is no longer active

Using this approach would mean that if a single toll lane is active more than once a day, the toll lane would have to be defined for each time that toll is active.

For example, if the SR 237 Westbound toll lane becomes active between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., and again at 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., then it would be defined as something like this:

plaza	lane	description	time_active_start	time_active_end
5110	01	SR 237/I-880 Connector WB	18000	36000
5110	01	SR 237/I-880 Connector WB	54000	68400

Where 18000 is 5 a.m. and 36000 is 10 a.m., and so on.

Another possible solution would be to use a recurrence pattern such as iCalendar's recurrence rules, but this would put a fair amount of strain on developers to implement and decode.

[3vivekb]

We just used time groups like [0500, 1000]. Maybe seconds after midnight would be more efficient.