Date compare like strtotime in C#?

Question

Have big problem I don´t know how to compare date in C# like PHP. I want to convert this code in to C#:

$now = strtotime ("now");
$then = strtotime ("$date");
$difference = $now - $then ;
$num = ($difference/86400)/7;
$weeks = intval($num);

Which function should I use? This link can´t find a matching function like strtotime.

Please help me to convert the code to C#. Thanks in advance.

Stackoverflow is not a code converter at all. Please read [FAQ] — Soner Gönül, Jul 16 '13 at 07:45
Use `DateTime.Now` to get current time. Minus operator (`-`) is overloaded and will yield you a `TimeSpan` object. — Artur Udod, Jul 16 '13 at 07:46
ps: `strtotime`, nice and verbose name. How happy I am to be a .net dev. — Artur Udod, Jul 16 '13 at 07:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '13 at 07:51

var now = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;
DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(yourDateTime);

var then = dt.ToString("HH:mm"); 

// here you can do rest of the calculations

basically

dt.ToString("HH:mm");  // 24 hour clock  
dt.ToString("hh:mm tt"); // 12 hour clock

Hope it will give you better understanding

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '13 at 07:58

I think you might be looking for something like below:

        DateTime sDateTimeNow = DateTime.Now;//Gets the date time from the server now
        DateTime sIn30Seconds = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(30);//Gets date time and adds 30 Seconds
        DateTime sIn30Hours = DateTime.Now.AddHours(30);//Gets date time and adds 30 hours
        DateTime sIn30Days = DateTime.Now.AddDays(30);//Gets date time and adds 30 days

        double dTotalDays = (sIn30Days - sDateTimeNow).TotalDays;
        double dTotalHours = (sIn30Hours - sDateTimeNow).TotalHours;
        double dTotalSeconds = (sIn30Seconds - sDateTimeNow).TotalSeconds;

BossRoss and Microtechie Thank you for the help. I think i know how i will solve it :) — Joachim Bergström, Jul 16 '13 at 10:08

Date compare like strtotime in C#?

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