How to compare DateTime without time via LINQ?

Question

I have

var q = db.Games.Where(t => t.StartDate >= DateTime.Now).OrderBy(d => d.StartDate);

But it compares including time part of

Answer 1

It happens that LINQ doesn't like properties such as DateTime.Date. It just can't convert to SQL queries. So I figured out a way of comparing dates using Jon's answer, but without that naughty DateTime.Date. Something like this:

var q = db.Games.Where(t => t.StartDate.CompareTo(DateTime.Today) >= 0).OrderBy(d => d.StartDate);

This way, we're comparing a full database DateTime, with all that date and time stuff, like 2015-03-04 11:49:45.000 or something like this, with a DateTime that represents the actual first millisecond of that day, like 2015-03-04 00:00:00.0000.

Any DateTime we compare to that DateTime.Today will return us safely if that date is later or the same. Unless you want to compare literally the same day, in which case I think you should go for Caesar's answer.

The method DateTime.CompareTo() is just fancy Object-Oriented stuff. It returns -1 if the parameter is earlier than the DateTime you referenced, 0 if it is LITERALLY EQUAL (with all that timey stuff) and 1 if it is later.