c# TimeOfDay not between 2 timespans

Question

Having today's date for example: DateTime.Now

And 2 TimeSpan that represents two periods of time

DateTime mydate = DateTime.Now;

TimeSpan start = TimeSpan.Parse("14:00:00");
TimeSpan end =   TimeSpan.Parse("15:00:00");

// TO DO:

How to check that mydate time (TimeOfDay) is not between start and end range.

Basically check if the hours, minutes, seconds are between 14:00 and 15:00 or outside this range.

UPDATE:

The right condition is: mydate.TimeOfDay <= start || mydate.TimeOfDay >= end

`TimeSpan` does not represent *two hours*. It represents period of time, in your case 14 hours and 15 hours, not 2PM and 3PM respectively. — MarcinJuraszek, Jun 28 '15 at 17:49
@MarcinJuraszek but it *can* represent time if day, as toby's answer indicates. — phoog, Jun 28 '15 at 17:57

Bobby Tables · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-28T18:14:02.327

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Comparing them seems to work seams to work. TimeOfDay is a TimeSpan just like start and end

Console.WriteLine(mydate.TimeOfDay <= start || mydate.TimeOfDay >= end);

edited Jun 28 '15 at 18:14

answered Jun 28 '15 at 17:52

Bobby Tables

The right condition is: `mydate.TimeOfDay <= start || mydate.TimeOfDay >= end`. I'll mark your answer as correct for sending me on the right direction. – user2818430 Jun 28 '15 at 18:10
@user2818430 Thank you initially was look if it was inside the interval when i updated forgot to change && into || – Bobby Tables Jun 28 '15 at 18:15
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Usually a range of times is a half open interval `[start,end)`. To test inside the range, use `time >= start && time < end`. To test *outside* the range, use `time < start || time >= end`. You have it close, but are not excluding the start value. – Matt Johnson-Pint Jul 08 '15 at 20:21

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