Simple way to handle time in C#?

Question

My current approach is something like

DateTime startHour = new DateTime(1900,1,1,12,25,43);
DateTime endHour = new DateTime(1900,1,1,13,45,32);

// I need to         


        

Answer 1

You should use TimeSpan for startHour and endHour. When comparing with now, you should "convert" them to a full DateTime or get the Time with DateTime.TimeOfDay as mentioned by Jon Skeet.

TimeSpan startHour = new TimeSpan(12, 25, 43);
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;

if (now.CompareTo(DateTime.Today.Add(startHour)) > 0) {
    //...
}

or

TimeSpan startHour = new TimeSpan(12, 25, 43);
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;

if (now.TimeOfDay.CompareTo(startHour) > 0) {
    //...
}