What are some other way to rewrite this if block?

[Yves S. Garret]

On Monday, March 18, 2013 9:56:16 AM UTC-4, Santosh Kumar wrote:
> This simple script is about a public transport, here is the code:
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> 
> 
> def report_status(should_be_on, came_on):
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>     if should_be_on < 0.0 or should_be_on > 24.0 or came_on < 0.0 or
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> came_on > 24.0:
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>         return 'time not in range'
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>     elif should_be_on == came_on:
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>         return 'on time'
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>     elif should_be_on > came_on:
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>         return 'early'
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>     elif should_be_on < came_on:
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>         return 'delayed'
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>     else:
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>         return 'something might be wrong'
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> 
> 
> print(report_status(123, 12.0))
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> 
> 
> I am looking forward of make the line starting with `if` short.
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> 
> 
> Any tips are welcome.

If you have a lot of conditions to check, you can't really get around it.