Expressing current time with natural language

def current_time():
    '''Returns a tuple containing (hour, minute) for current local time.'''
    import time
    local_time = time.localtime(time.time())
    return (local_time.tm_hour, local_time.tm_min)

(hour,minute) = current_time()

def ishtime(hour, minute):
    import random

    Starting_str = ['it is','its',"it's","Current time is"]

    h_str = ['one','two','three','four','five','six','seven','eight','nine','ten','eleven','twelve']

    mid_str = ['almost','nearly','roughly','maybe']

    Ex = ['Exactly' , 'Perpectly' ,'']

    m_str = ['ten','twenty','thirty','fourty','fifty']

    End_str = ['in the morning','in the afternoon','in the evening','at night']

## - define random strings

    Head = Starting_str[int(random.random()*4)]

    Mid = mid_str[int(random.random()*4)]

    Hour = h_str[(int(hour)-1)%12]

    if round(int(minute),-1) == 0 or round(int(minute),-1) == 60:
        Rand_m_str = ''
    else:
        Rand_m_str = m_str[int((round(int(minute),-1)/10))-1]

## -define for final ex)its , it's , almost, one two three..

    if int(hour)>=6 and int(hour)=13 and int(hour)=19 and int(hour)=0 and int(hour)<6:
        Ending = End_str[3]

## - define 'ending str' ex) in the morning

    if minute == 0 or minute == 00:
        Result = "%s %s 'o clock %s" %(Head,Hour,Ending)

    elif minute%10 == 0:
        Result = "%s %s %s after %s %s" %(Head,Ex[int(random.random()*4)],Rand_m_str,Hour,Ending)

    elif round(int(minute),-1) == 0 or round(int(minute),-1) == 60:
        Result = "%s %s %s%s %s" %(Head,Mid,Rand_m_str,Hour,Ending)

    else:
        Result = "%s %s %s minute after %s %s" %(Head,Mid,Rand_m_str,Hour,Ending)

    return Result

print ishtime(hour,minute)

I did this job.. how could i make it simpler?

Python supports double-ended inequalities:

End_str = ['at night', 'in the morning','in the afternoon','in the evening']

if 0 <= hour < 6:
    Ending = End_str[0]
elif 6 <= hour < 13:
    Ending = End_str[1]
elif 13 <= hour < 19:
    Ending = End_str[2]
elif 19 <= hour < 24:
    Ending = End_str[3]

I've changed 23 to 24 for consistency and rearranged the members of End_str. I don't see how hour should be anything other than an integer, so I've removed the casts.

if minute == 0 or minute == 00 is redundant, since 00 is exactly the same as 0.

I would expect noon and midnight to be handled as special cases.

StackExchange Code Review Q#37522, answer score: 3