diff --git a/lib/crono.rb b/lib/crono.rb
index 81632ca..596f997 100644
--- a/lib/crono.rb
+++ b/lib/crono.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ require 'active_support/all'
 require 'crono/version'
 require 'crono/logging'
 require 'crono/period'
+require 'crono/time_of_day'
+require 'crono/interval'
 require 'crono/job'
 require 'crono/scheduler'
 require 'crono/config'
diff --git a/lib/crono/interval.rb b/lib/crono/interval.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b534daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/crono/interval.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+module Crono
+  # Interval describes a period between two specific times of day
+  class Interval
+    attr_accessor :from, :to
+
+    def self.parse(value)
+      from_to =
+        case value
+        when Array  then value
+        when Hash   then value.values_at(:from, :to)
+        when String then value.split('-')
+        else
+          fail "Unknown interval format: #{value.inspect}"
+        end
+      from, to = from_to.map { |v| TimeOfDay.parse(v) }
+      new from, to
+    end
+
+    def initialize(from, to)
+      @from, @to = from, to
+    end
+
+    def within?(value)
+      tod = ((value.is_a? TimeOfDay) ? value : TimeOfDay.parse(value))
+      if @from <= @to
+        tod >= @from && tod < @to
+      else
+        tod >= @from || tod < @to
+      end
+    end
+
+    def next_within(time, period)
+      begin
+        time = period.since(time)
+      end until within? TimeOfDay.parse(time)
+      time
+    end
+
+    def to_s
+      "#{@from}-#{@to}"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/crono/period.rb b/lib/crono/period.rb
index 92b7d9e..3c7a436 100644
--- a/lib/crono/period.rb
+++ b/lib/crono/period.rb
@@ -4,15 +4,25 @@ module Crono
     DAYS = [:monday, :tuesday, :wednesday, :thursday, :friday, :saturday,
             :sunday]
 
-    def initialize(period, at: nil, on: nil)
+    def initialize(period, at: nil, on: nil, within: nil)
       @period = period
       @at_hour, @at_min = parse_at(at) if at
+      @interval = Interval.parse(within) if within
       @on = parse_on(on) if on
     end
 
     def next(since: nil)
-      return initial_next unless since
-      @next = @period.since(since)
+      if @interval
+        if since
+          @next = @interval.next_within(since, @period)
+        else
+          return initial_next if @interval.within?(initial_next)
+          @next = @interval.next_within(initial_next, @period)
+        end
+      else
+        return initial_next unless since
+        @next = @period.since(since)
+      end
       @next = @next.beginning_of_week.advance(days: @on) if @on
       @next = @next.change(time_atts)
       return @next if @next.future?
@@ -21,6 +31,7 @@ module Crono
 
     def description
       desc = "every #{@period.inspect}"
+      desc += " between #{@interval.from} and #{@interval.to} UTC" if @interval
       desc += format(' at %.2i:%.2i', @at_hour, @at_min) if @at_hour && @at_min
       desc += " on #{DAYS[@on].capitalize}" if @on
       desc
diff --git a/lib/crono/time_of_day.rb b/lib/crono/time_of_day.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63c541d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/crono/time_of_day.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module Crono
+  # TimeOfDay describes a certain hour and minute (on any day)
+  class TimeOfDay
+    include Comparable
+
+    attr_accessor :hour, :min
+
+    def self.parse(value)
+      time =
+        case value
+        when String then Time.parse(value).utc
+        when Hash   then Time.now.change(value).utc
+        when Time   then value.utc
+        else
+          fail "Unknown TimeOfDay format: #{value.inspect}"
+        end
+      new time.hour, time.min
+    end
+
+    def initialize(hour, min)
+      @hour, @min = hour, min
+    end
+
+    def to_i
+      @hour * 60 + @min
+    end
+
+    def to_s
+      '%02d:%02d' % [@hour, @min]
+    end
+
+    def <=>(other)
+      to_i <=> other.to_i
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/period_spec.rb b/spec/period_spec.rb
index 688238c..ea3e7dd 100644
--- a/spec/period_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/period_spec.rb
@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ describe Crono::Period do
           expect(@period.next.utc.to_s).to be_eql Time.now.beginning_of_hour.advance(minutes: 15).utc.to_s
         end
       end
+
+      it 'should return next hour minutes within the given interval' do
+        Timecop.freeze(Time.now.change(hour: 16, min: 10)) do
+          @period = Crono::Period.new(1.hour, at: { min: 15 }, within: '08:00-16:00')
+          expect(@period.next.utc.to_s).to be_eql Time.now.tomorrow.change(hour: 8, min: 15).utc.to_s
+        end
+        Timecop.freeze(Time.now.change(hour: 16, min: 10)) do
+          @period = Crono::Period.new(1.hour, at: { min: 15 }, within: '23:00-07:00')
+          expect(@period.next.utc.to_s).to be_eql Time.now.change(hour: 23, min: 15).utc.to_s
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end