Compare Time in text

[TaNz]

How do I compare Timings like "06:00 AM is earlier than 05:30 AM"??

[Lethal]

Here is one way:

using System;

public class TimeExample
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		DateTime tOne = DateTime.Now;
		DateTime tTwo = DateTime.Now.AddHours(2);

		if (tOne > tTwo)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("tOne is greater than tTwo");
		}
		else
		{
			Console.WriteLine("tTwo is greater than tOne");
		}

	}
}

[Lethal]

Or..

using System;

public class TimeExample
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		DateTime tOne = DateTime.Now;
		DateTime tTwo = DateTime.Now.AddHours(2);

		switch (tOne.CompareTo(tTwo))
		{
			case -1:
				Console.WriteLine("tOne is less than tTwo");
				break;
			case 0:
				Console.WriteLine("tOne is equal to tTwo");
				break;
			case 1:
				Console.WriteLine("tOne is greater than tTwo");
				break;
		}

	}
}

[Fat_N_Furry]

Dang! You beat me to it you weenie! I'll post this example anyway.


Furry

[Fat_N_Furry]

Oops forgot the attachment. I hate when I do that...

[Lethal]

lol.....well, if you weren't so fat and furry you might have beet me 2 it...

[Fat_N_Furry]

LOL actually, I'm really not Fat_N_Furry. My cat is. He weighs 20 pounds, for crying out loud! I'm Skinny_N_Hairless. LOL

I think my example's better, though.

[Lethal]

He stated that he wants to compare times. All you're example does is perform arithmetic operations. Big difference...

[Fat_N_Furry]

But that IS coparing times, isn't it? It's comparing the current time to the entered time!

...For some reason that embarrassed smiley doesn't really look all that embarrased to me...

[Lethal]

For one, your example doesn't take into consideration AM or PM.

[Fat_N_Furry]

Does yours? I apologize for my ignorance, but I don't really quite understand your code...

[Lethal]

Yes, b/c we are using DateTime objects, not just integers. These are two seperate datatypes. They are optimized to work with real date and time data.

[Fat_N_Furry]

Oh. I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

[Edneeis]

Maybe the VB.NEt version would help:

Dim tOne As DateTime = DateTime.Now
        Dim tTwo As DateTime = DateTime.Now.AddHours(2)
 
        Select Case tOne.CompareTo(tTwo)
        Case -1
                MsgBox("tOne is less than tTwo")
            Case 0
                MsgBox("tOne is equal to tTwo")
            Case 1
                MsgBox("tOne is greater than tTwo")
        End Select

[Lethal]

That's my fault. I keep forgetting I'm posting C# code instead of vb.net.

[Edneeis]

Its my personal opinion that everyone should at know how to translate back and forth (C# <-> V.NET) so maybe that will encourage people. Of course I guess I messed it up then, but hey.