Block website access by specific date and time

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Introduction

In some cases, if you need to edit the code or for some reason, you want to block users from accessing your website for a certain period but do not know how, then this article is the solution for you.

Configuration Guide

NOTE: Check the system Date-Time before using the rules. Because the rules will be calculated according to the system Date-Time.

Block access by a specific date

The following are the TIME_WDAY values corresponding to the days of the week:

For example, I will block website access on Sunday, and the corresponding TIME_WDAY value is 0.

Now I access the Document root of the website that needs to be blocked, find and open the .htaccess file of the website, and add the following rule:

# Chặn truy cập website vào ngày Chủ nhật.
RewriteCond %{TIME_WDAY} ^0$
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L]

Here is the content when added:

And the access result shows 403 Forbidden as successful.

Block access by a specific time

Below are the parameters and their definitions that you need to pay attention to.

• Block a specific time frame (calculated time: 24 hours 1h > 24h)

For example, I will block website access at a specific time frame: 13 o’clock. Then the blocking structure would look like this:

NOTE: When you choose 13 hours, the application time will be calculated from 13h00 > 13h59.

# Chặn truy cập website vào 13 giờ.
RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR} ^13$
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L]

Here is the content when added:

And the access result shows 403 Forbidden as successful.

• Block many different time frames

For example, I will block website access in the time frames: 13h00 – 14h00 – 15h00. Then the blocking structure would look like this:

# Chặn truy cập website nhiều khung giờ.
RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR} ^(13|14|15)$
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L]

Here is the content when added:

Above are some ways that you can apply to block users from accessing your website automatically without doing it manually as before. Hope this article will help you.

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