function transfer_or_record() {
  // get the current time and day
  // date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
  $hour = date('H');
  $minute = date('i');

  // make sure we're dealing with integers
  $hour = (int)$hour;
  $minute = (int)$minute;
  _log('the hour is '. $hour);
  _log('the minute is '. $minute);

  // server time is 4 hours later than EST
  if(($hour == 21 && $minute > 30) || $hour > 21 || $hour < 12) {
    say("http://hosting.tropo.com/63931/www/audio/OutsideHours.mp3");
    record_voicemail();
  } else {
    transfer(array("sip:tscmoving@sip2sip.info","+1352328xxxx","+1352328xxxx"), array(
    "playvalue" => "http://hosting.tropo.com/63931/www/audio/TransferMessage.mp3",
    "terminator" => "*",
    "timeout" => 20,
    "onTimeout" => "transfer_timeout",
    "onError" => "transfer_timeout",
    "onCallFailure" => "transfer_timeout"
    )
  );
  }
}