How do you get the current time of day?

Question

How do you get the current time (not date AND time)?

Example: 5:42:12 PM

Answer 1

I'm experimenting with this also and find these pages helpful as well. First the main class... https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime(v=vs.110).aspx

Now some specifier formats for the ToString method... https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.datetimeformatinfo(v=vs.110).aspx

Example:

using System;

namespace JD
{
    class Program
    {
        public static DateTime get_UTCNow()
        {
            DateTime UTCNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
            int year = UTCNow.Year;
            int month = UTCNow.Month;
            int day = UTCNow.Day;
            int hour = UTCNow.Hour;
            int min = UTCNow.Minute;
            int sec = UTCNow.Second;
            DateTime datetime = new DateTime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec);
            return datetime;
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            DateTime datetime = get_UTCNow();            

            string time_UTC = datetime.TimeOfDay.ToString();
            Console.WriteLine(time_UTC);

            Console.ReadLine();

        }
    }
}

I threw that TimeOfDay method in there just to show that you get a default of 24 hour time as is stated "the time from midnight"

You may use my geter method(); :-D

Answer 2

I think this code will solve your problem

DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm")

Answer 3

DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay

or

DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString()

Answer 4

This can be a possible solution:

DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
string time = now.ToString("T");

Answer 5

This will show you only the current time, in 24 hour format:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString().ToString());
        Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString().ToString());
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

Regards
K

Answer 6

DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay gives it to you as a TimeSpan (from midnight).

DateTime.Now.ToString("h:mm:ss tt") gives it to you as a string.

DateTime reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime