In C#, how do you check if between two times?

Question

So I'm trying to figure out if a DateTime is between two Dates as well as two times.

For example,

if DateTime.Now >= January && DateTime.Now < August && DateTime.Now >= 9am && DateTime.Now < 12pm
     //do something

I'm not really sure how to go about this, any help is appreciated :')

Side recommendation, you should assign `DateTime.Now` to a variable and use that variable in all of your calculations, so that the same value is being used in all parts of the comparison. Otherwise, the value of `DateTime.Now` could be inconsistent throughout your conditional. — Joe Sewell, Mar 24 '20 at 22:24
Unless `January` and `August` are variable names, the value on the right side of each comparison is not a `DateTime`. You need to construct a `DateTime` against which to compare `DateTime.Now`. Have you tried anything beyond those arbitrary literals? — Lance U. Matthews, Mar 24 '20 at 22:27

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 24 '20 at 22:23

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if (DateTime.Now.Month < 8 && DateTime.Now.Hour >= 9 && DateTime.Now.Hour < 12) {
 // do your thing
}

answered Mar 24 '20 at 22:23

christianhanvey

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '20 at 22:23

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if (DateTime.Now.Month >= 1 && DateTime.Now.Month < 8
    && DateTime.Now.Hour >= 9  && DateTime.Now.Hour < 12)

where DateTime.Month is a number between 1 and 12, and DateTime.Hour is a number between 0 and 23.

answered Mar 24 '20 at 22:23

José Pedro

Checking if month is >= 1 is useless since there is no month that is lower than 1. – Rand Random Mar 24 '20 at 22:25
That's correct, I wrote this as a "template" which can be adapted, for that special case it actually doesn't make sense. – José Pedro Mar 24 '20 at 22:28

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