check if date time string contains time

Question

I have run into an issue. I\'m obtaining a date time string from the database and and some of these date time strings does not contain time. But as for the new requirement every

Answer 1

Date and time are always separated by a space bar. The easiest way would be:

if (timestamp_string.Split(' ').Length == 2)
{
    // timestamp_string has both date and time
}
else
{
    // timestamp_string only has the date
}

This code assumes the date always exists.

If you want take it further (in case the date does not exist), you can do:

if (timestamp_string.Split(' ')
                    .Select(item => item.Split(':').Length > 1)
                    .Any(item => item))
{
    // this would work for any string format that contains date, for example:
    // 2012/APRIL/03 12:00:05 -> this would work
    // 2013/04/05 09:00:01 -> this would work
    // 08:50:45 2013/01/01 -> this would also work
    // 08:50:50 -> this would also work
}
else
{
    // no date in the timestamp_string at all
}

Hope this helps!