there are few of a time periods, for example:
        2005-06-08 12:30 -> 2005-06-10 15:30,
        2005-06-12 12:30 -> 2005-06-14 15:30

and there is some date and time value:
        2005-06-11 12:30

what is the "pythonic" way to check is the date/time value in the given periods range?

something like xrange:
 >>> a = xrange(1,5)
 >>> b = 3
 >>> if b in a:
...     print "OK"

thanks

import time
from datetime import datetime

def make_datetime(s, fmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'):
     '''convert string to datetime'''
     ts = time.mktime(time.strptime(s, fmt))
     return datetime.fromtimestamp(ts)

def inRange(s, ranges):
     dt = make_datetime(s)
     for begin,end in ranges:
         if begin <= dt <= end:
             return True
     else:
         return False

ranges = [(make_datetime(b), make_datetime(e)) for (b,e) in [
     ('2005-06-08 12:30', '2005-06-10 15:30'),
     ('2005-06-12 12:30', '2005-06-14 15:30'),
     ]]