Comparing Times

[AmbiguousName]

hello guys... I was thinking if there is any way to compare two times which are in different format. Like if I have these times

time1 = "01/12/2005";
time2 = "Dec 1, 2005";
//OR: time2 = "Dec 1, 05"
//OR: time2 = "December 1, 2005"
//OR: time2 = "12/01/2005"
//OR: all possible ways for time2

Is it possible to compare these two times? Thanks

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[OriginalGriff]

Yes. Never ever, ever try to compare dates, or any other numbers as strings: convert them to an appropriate class first. In this case, that class is DateTime:

DateTime dt1 = DateTime.Parse("01/12/2005");
DateTime dt2 = DateTime.Parse("Dec 12 2005");
TimeSpan diff = dt2 - dt1;

You may need to use ParseExact, or TryParseExact if you know what format the date will be in to avoid problems like 03/04/05 - is that 3rd Apr 2005, or 4th March 2005, or 5th Apr 2003?

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[Apocalypse Now]

DateTime time1 = DateTime.Parse("01/12/2005"); DateTime time2 = DateTime.Parse("Dec 1, 2005"); if (time1==time2) {... } else { ... }

[AmitGajjar]

Hi, You can use Parse,TryParse,TryParseExact to parse your string to convert it into DateTime object. each have their own pros/cons. Here is the sample code for finding difference between dates.

DateTime dt1 = DateTime.Parse("firstDate");
DateTime dt2 = DateTime.Parse("secondDate");
TimeSpan dateDifference = dt1.Subtract(dt2);

-Amit

[AmitGajjar]

Hey, i didn't seen your full reply. although both the code are same :)