Format and compare time

[the182guy]

I have the time in the format of 11:25pm

Is there a quick function that can compare the string above, with the current time and check if its before now, now, or after now?

I can do it the long winded way by extracting the hours,mins etc and comparing but I was hoping there would be a function already.

Cheers

[stimbo]

You can use DateTime.Compare method.

.Compare returns an integer value: -1 for less than, 0 for equal, and 1 for greater than if you just want a quick check rather than specific amounts of minutes or hours.

[Hack]

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[GaryMazzone]

There could be an issue is 11:27 pm before or after your time? What if that time (11:27 pm) was last night of 3 days ago was that before the current time?

[the182guy]

the day doesnt matter, I only want to know if the current time is prior, equal, or beyond the input string in the format of "1.35pm" or "10.50am". I'll try the suggesstions and wirte back,

Cheers

[the182guy]

thanks that compare function was just what I needed.

The second thing I need is a function to convert this time format:

11.50am or 3.05pm or 9.10am

to this:
11:50 or 15:05 or 9:10

Like i said it can be done by extracting the mins, hours, pm and am, but I was hoping there would be a function like Format() that could do it