Find if current time falls in a time range

Question

Using .NET 3.5

I want to determine if the current time falls in a time range.

So far I have the currentime:

DateTime currentTime = new DateTime();
currentTime.TimeOfDay;

I'm blanking out on how to get the time range converted and compared. Would this work?

if (Convert.ToDateTime("11:59") <= currentTime.TimeOfDay 
    && Convert.ToDateTime("13:01") >= currentTime.TimeOfDay)
{
   //match found
}

UPDATE1: Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I wasn't familiar with the TimeSpan function.

Answer 1

For checking for a time of day use:

TimeSpan start = new TimeSpan(10, 0, 0); //10 o'clock
TimeSpan end = new TimeSpan(12, 0, 0); //12 o'clock
TimeSpan now = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;

if ((now > start) && (now < end))
{
   //match found
}

For absolute times use:

DateTime start = new DateTime(2009, 12, 9, 10, 0, 0)); //10 o'clock
DateTime end = new DateTime(2009, 12, 10, 12, 0, 0)); //12 o'clock
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;

if ((now > start) && (now < end))
{
   //match found
}

Answer 2

Some good answers here but none cover the case of your start time being in a different day than your end time. If you need to straddle the day boundary, then something like this may help:

TimeSpan start = TimeSpan.Parse("22:00"); // 10 PM
TimeSpan end = TimeSpan.Parse("02:00");   // 2 AM
TimeSpan now = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;

if (start <= end)
{
    // start and stop times are in the same day
    if (now >= start && now <= end)
    {
        // current time is between start and stop
    }
}
else
{
    // start and stop times are in different days
    if (now >= start || now <= end)
    {
       // current time is between start and stop
    }
}

Note that in this example the time boundaries are inclusive and that this still assumes less than a 24-hour difference between start and stop.

Answer 3

A simple little extension function for this:

public static bool IsBetween(this DateTime now, TimeSpan start, TimeSpan end)
{
    var time = now.TimeOfDay;
    // Scenario 1: If the start time and the end time are in the same day.
    if (start <= end)
        return time >= start && time <= end;
    // Scenario 2: The start time and end time is on different days.
    return time >= start || time <= end;
}

Answer 4

if (new TimeSpan(11,59,0) <= currentTime.TimeOfDay && new TimeSpan(13,01,0) >=  currentTime.TimeOfDay)
{
   //match found
}

if you really want to parse a string into a TimeSpan, then you can use:

    TimeSpan start = TimeSpan.Parse("11:59");
    TimeSpan end = TimeSpan.Parse("13:01");

Answer 5

Try using the TimeRange object in C# to complete your goal.

TimeRange timeRange = new TimeRange();
timeRange = TimeRange.Parse("13:00-14:00");

bool IsNowInTheRange = timeRange.IsIn(DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay);
Console.Write(IsNowInTheRange);

Here is where I got that example of using TimeRange

Answer 6

The TimeOfDay property returns a TimeSpan value.

Try the following code:

TimeSpan time = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;

if (time > new TimeSpan(11, 59, 00)        //Hours, Minutes, Seconds
 && time < new TimeSpan(13, 01, 00)) {
    //match found
}

Also, new DateTime() is the same as DateTime.MinValue and will always be equal to 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM. (Value types cannot have non-empty default values) You want to use DateTime.Now.

Answer 7

You're very close, the problem is you're comparing a DateTime to a TimeOfDay. What you need to do is add the .TimeOfDay property to the end of your Convert.ToDateTime() functions.

Answer 8

Will this be simpler for handling the day boundary case? :)

TimeSpan start = TimeSpan.Parse("22:00");  // 10 PM
TimeSpan end = TimeSpan.Parse("02:00");    // 2 AM
TimeSpan now = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;

bool bMatched = now.TimeOfDay >= start.TimeOfDay &&
                now.TimeOfDay < end.TimeOfDay;
// Handle the boundary case of switching the day across mid-night
if (end < start)
    bMatched = !bMatched;

if(bMatched)
{
    // match found, current time is between start and end
}
else
{
    // otherwise ... 
}

Answer 9

4 times checking

public static void GetTime()
        {
            var dt =  DateTime.Now;
            int hours = dt.Hour;
            int min = dt.Minute;

            if (hours >= 1 && hours <= 12)
            {
                //Good Morning
            }
            else if (hours >= 12 && hours <= 16)
            {
                //Good Afternoon
            }
            else if (hours >= 16 && hours <= 21)
            {
                //Good Evening
            }
            else if (hours >= 21 && hours <= 24)
            {
                //Good Night
            }
        }

Answer 10

We didn't want our service to run during the night. So we created this condition to check that current time in within the time window of 9am (today) and 1am (the next day):

if (DateTime.Now > DateTime.Now.Date && DateTime.Now <= DateTime.Now.Date.AddHours(1.00) || 
DateTime.Now >= DateTime.Now.Date.AddHours(9))
{
 // Current Time is within specified time window.
}

Answer 11

Using Linq we can simplify this by this

 Enumerable.Range(0, (int)(to - from).TotalHours + 1)
            .Select(i => from.AddHours(i)).Where(date => date.TimeOfDay >= new TimeSpan(8, 0, 0) && date.TimeOfDay <= new TimeSpan(18, 0, 0))

Answer 12

 using System;

 public class Program
 {
    public static void Main()
    {
        TimeSpan t=new TimeSpan(20,00,00);//Time to check

        TimeSpan start = new TimeSpan(20, 0, 0); //8 o'clock evening

        TimeSpan end = new TimeSpan(08, 0, 0); //8 o'clock Morning

        if ((start>=end && (t<end ||t>=start))||(start<end && (t>=start && t<end)))
        {
           Console.WriteLine("Mached");
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Not Mached");
        }

    }
 }