>>> import datetime
>>> hours = ['19:30', '20:10', '20:30', '21:00', '22:00']
>>> now = datetime.datetime.strptime("20:18", "%H:%M")
>>> min(hours, key=lambda t: abs(now - datetime.datetime.strptime(t, "%H:%M")))
'20:10'
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