C#: DateTime.DayOfWeek to string comparison

Question

This code is a simplified version of what I\'m trying to do:

string day = Thursday;
DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;

if (day == dt.DayOfWeek)
{
     // start the         


        

Answer 1

Use Enum.Parse to get the Enum value:

if ((DayOfWeek)Enum.Parse(typeof(DayOfWeek), day) == dt.DayOfWeek)

If you're not sure it's a valid value, there's TryParse:

Enum val;
if (Enum.TryParse(day, out val) && val == dt.DayOfWeek)