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

You can use Enum.TryParse:

string strDay = "Wednesday";
DayOfWeek day;
if (Enum.TryParse(strDay, out day)
    && day == DateTime.Today.DayOfWeek)
{
    // ...
}