Posts Tagged Date Range
.Net C Sharp Date Range Check Method
Posted by Chris Danielson in .Net Development on July 21st, 2009
This function is a trivial example of how to do a basic date range check in .Net. I do a few silly conversions from string to timestamp only to serve as an example.
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/* Assumes the local culture. Does a check to see if the current time is within the range of 7 AM and 1 PM. If so, returns true. */ if (IsCurrentDateInRange("7:00", "13:00")) { //The current date is in range. } else { //The current date is out of range. } |
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using System; /* startTime should be in the format HH:mm such as 09:45 endTime should be in the format HH:mm such as 18:45 The culture is assumed to be the local one which can be troubling in applications that extend themselves internationally. */ public bool IsCurrentDateInRange(string startTime, string endTime) { DateTime dtNow = DateTime.Now; DateTime dtStart, dtEnd; int hour = 0, minute = 0; string[] strDt = startTime.Split(new char[] { ':' }); if (strDt.Length > 1) { Int32.TryParse(strDt[0], out hour); Int32.TryParse(strDt[1], out minute); dtStart = new DateTime(dtNow.Year, dtNow.Month, dtNow.Day, hour, minute, 0); } else { //TODO: log an error in formatting. return false; } strDt = endTime.Split(new char[] { ':' }); if (strDt.Length > 1) { hour = minute = 0; Int32.TryParse(strDt[0], out hour); Int32.TryParse(strDt[1], out minute); dtEnd = new DateTime(dtNow.Year, dtNow.Month, dtNow.Day, hour, minute, 0); } else { //TODO: log an error in formatting. return false; } TimeSpan tsEndDiff = dtEnd - dtNow; TimeSpan tsStartDiff = dtNow - dtStart; if (tsStartDiff.TotalSeconds >= 0 && tsEndDiff.TotalSeconds >= 0) { return true; } else return false; } |
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