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Calculate minutes from a certain time to current time c# [duplicate]

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I have a certain time ie. 10.30 AM. The user makes entry in a table. If the user makes entry after 10.30 AM , then the number of minutes from 10.30 Am to the current time should be calculated and set to a string.
Here is what I tried uptil now:-
int hour = DateTime.Now.Hour;
int mins = DateTIme.Now.Minute
if(hour>10 && mins >30)
{
string lateBy = "You are late by:"+ //????? how do I calculate this?
}
Any help would be great

Use TimeSpan to find the difference between the 2 datetime values, and use the TotalMinutes property to get the difference in minutes.
DateTime today = DateTime.Today;
DateTime start = new DateTime(today.Year,today.Month,today.Day,10,30,00);
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
int hour = now.Hour;
int mins = now.Minute;
TimeSpan ts = now.Subtract(start);
if(ts.TotalMinutes > 0) //Time now is after 10:30
{
string lateBy = "You are late by:"+ ts.TotalMinutes.ToString();
}

Ignoring dates and assuming it is always the same day as the 10:30 deadline day:
string lateBy = "You are late by:"+ ((hour-10)*60 + mins-30) + " minutes";
Note this only works before midnight, i.e. for the same day.

Since both are DateTime, you can make use of DateTime.Subract
DateTime a = new DateTime(2014, 06, 20, 10, 30, 00);
DateTime b = DateTime.Now;
Console.WriteLine("You are late by:"+b.Subtract(a).TotalMinutes +"minutes");
Console.ReadLine();

Difference between two datetimes

I have a datetime, I want to show the difference from DateTime.Now to received datetime and bind it. The result should be something like this:
1d 15h 13m 7s
What is the best way to do it? StringFormat? IValueConverter?

I'd suggest using the Timespans ToString method and custom TimeSpan format strings
Timespans if you aren't already aware are designed for measuring time intervals like this and can be convenienty obtained by subtracting one date from another.
var startDate = new DateTime(2013,1,21);
var currentDate = DateTime.Now;
TimeSpan interval = currentDate - startDate;
string intervalInWords = String.Format("{0:%d} days {0:%h} hours {0:%m} minutes {0:%s} seconds", interval);
Console.WriteLine(intervalInWords);
This will print out something like
267 days 10 hours 45 minutes 21 seconds
As has been noted in comments because these datetimes may be in different timezones/daylight saving times you should be very careful using this technique. Using UTCtime for both which is consistent throughout the whole year should be sufficient if that is feasible. In general it is often best policy to save all datetimes as UTC along with the timezone/offset (if required) and then if they are needed in a specific timezone offset convert on display.

Use TimeSpan
Example:
DateTime oldDate = new DateTime(2002,7,15);
DateTime newDate = DateTime.Now;
// Difference in days, hours, and minutes.
TimeSpan ts = newDate - oldDate;
// Difference in days.
int differenceInDays = ts.Days;
Now you can change it according to your requirement.

The other answers are correct from the formatting point of view, but just to address the WPF angle, I'm guessing you want to update a label/textbox so it constantly contains an accurate duration?
If so, you can do this with the timer and the dispatcher.
Timer code:
//duration in milliseconds, 1000 is 1 second
var timer = new Timer(1000);
timer.Elapsed += timer_Elapsed;
timer.Start();
Timer elapsed code:
//this is set elsewhere
private readonly DateTime _received;
void timer_Elapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(
DispatcherPriority.Normal,
new Action(()
=> //replace label1 with the name of the control you wish to update
label1.Content =
string.Format("{0:%d} days {0:%h} hours {0:%m} minutes {0:%s} seconds"
, (DateTime.Now - _received))));
}

You can use TimeSpan, also look out [here][1]
[1]: Showing Difference between two datetime values in hours i would suggest you to go through TimeSpan.
DateTime startDate = Convert.ToDateTime(2008,8,2);
DateTime endDate = Convert.ToDateTime(2008,8,3);
TimeSpan duration = startDate - endDate;

Create a property like DateProp of type DateTime to which you'll bind on your XAML , and assuming your property is Other_date_here, initialize it like this:
DateProp = DateTime.Now.Subtract(Other_date_here);
Last, on your XAML, bind it and set the formatting like this:
Text="{Binding Date, StringFormat=d day H hours m minutes s seconds}"
(or whatever other format you like:).

Date comparison - How to check if 20 minutes have passed?

How to check if 20 minutes have passed from current date?
For example:
var start = DateTime.Now;
var oldDate = "08/10/2011 23:50:31";
if(start ??) {
//20 minutes were passed from start
}
what's the best way to do this?
Thanks :)

You should convert your start time to a UTC time, say 'start'.
You can now compare your start time to the current UTC time using:
DateTime.UtcNow > start.AddMinutes(20)
This approach means that you will get the correct answer around daylight savings time changes.
By adding time to the start time instead of subtracting and comparing the total time on a TimeSpan you have a more readable syntax AND you can handle more date difference cases, e.g. 1 month from the start, 2 weeks from the start, ...

var start = DateTime.Now;
var oldDate = DateTime.Parse("08/10/2011 23:50:31");
if ((start - oldDate).TotalMinutes >= 20)
{
//20 minutes were passed from start
}

var start = DateTime.Now;
var oldDate = DateTime.Parse("08/10/2011 23:50:31");
if(start.Subtract(oldDate) >= TimeSpan.FromMinutes(20))
{
//20 minutes were passed from start
}

Parse oldDate into a DateTime object (DateTime.Parse).
Subtract the parsed date from start. This will return a TimeSpan.
Inspect TotalMinutes.

I was able to accomplish this by using a JodaTime Library in my project. I came out with this code.
String datetime1 = "2012/08/24 05:22:34";
String datetime2 = "2012/08/24 05:23:28";
DateTimeFormatter format = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
DateTime time1 = format.parseDateTime(datetime1);
DateTime time2 = format.parseDateTime(datetime2);
Minutes Interval = Minutes.minutesBetween(time1, time2);
Minutes minInterval = Minutes.minutes(20);
if(Interval.isGreaterThan(minInterval)){
return true;
}
else{
return false;
}
This will check if the Time Interval between datetime1 and datetime2 is GreaterThan 20 Minutes. Change the property to Seconds. It will be easier for you know. This will return false.

var end = DateTime.Parse(oldDate);
if (start.Hour == end.Hour && start.AddMinutes(20).Minute >= end.Minute)

Calculate time difference in c# windows phone 7

I am trying to calculate the time difference between 2 time and put the result into a text block.
For example,
Start time: 9:45 AM
End start: 5:15 PM
How can i calulate the time difference between it?
DateTime dt1 = DateTime.ParseExact(DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString(), "hh:mm tt", new DateTimeFormatInfo());
DateTime dt2 = DateTime.ParseExact(timePicker1.ValueString, "hh:mm tt", new DateTimeFormatInfo());
TimeSpan ts1 = dt2.Subtract(dt1);

For time "11:12 PM" you should use format "h:mm tt". So, you parse two time strings and make Subtract or just (dateTime1 - dateTime2).

try:
DateTime dt1 = DateTime.ParseExact("22:22:22", "HH:mm:ss", new DateTimeFormatInfo());
DateTime dt2 = DateTime.ParseExact("11:11:11", "HH:mm:ss", new DateTimeFormatInfo());
TimeSpan ts1 = dt1.Subtract(dt2);

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Declare and get DateTime values
DateTime StartDate = System.DateTime.Now;
DateTime EndDate = System.DateTime.UtcNow;
// Find time difference between two dates
TimeSpan TimeDifference = StartDate - EndDate;
// Write difference in hours and minutes
Response.Write("Time difference between server time and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is " +
TimeDifference.Hours.ToString() + " hours ");
if (TimeDifference.Minutes != 0)
Response.Write(" and " + TimeDifference.Minutes.ToString() + " minutes.");
}
or try
/* Read the initial time. */
DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;
Console.WriteLine(startTime);
/* Do something that takes up some time. For example sleep for 1.7 seconds. */
Thread.Sleep(1700);
/* Read the end time. */
DateTime stopTime = DateTime.Now;
Console.WriteLine(stopTime);
/* Compute the duration between the initial and the end time.
* Print out the number of elapsed hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds. */
TimeSpan duration = stopTime - startTime;
Console.WriteLine("hours:" + duration.Hours);
Console.WriteLine("minutes:" + duration.Minutes);
Console.WriteLine("seconds:" + duration.Seconds);
Console.WriteLine("milliseconds:" + duration.Milliseconds);

The method suggested by O.D. is what I use in my app that uses a time difference. I then use the method ng_ducnghia suggests to separate units of time (hours, min, sec - I don't need millisec for my purpose).

how to get no of days and nights between two dates using c#

i am doing a project on cab services.in this rate is different for day and night.
in the form only journey start date and end date is selected.based on this i have to calculate the no of days and nights.
here i am confused how to calculate the no of days and night.
thanks in advance.

private List<DateTime> GetDateRange(DateTime StartingDate, DateTime EndingDate)
{
if (StartingDate > EndingDate)
{
return null;
}
List<DateTime> rv = new List<DateTime>();
DateTime tmpDate = StartingDate;
do
{
rv.Add(tmpDate);
tmpDate = tmpDate.AddDays(1);
} while (tmpDate <= EndingDate);
return rv;
}
To view this code in action, copy and paste the following code into SnippetCompiler:
DateTime StartingDate = DateTime.Parse("02/25/2007");
DateTime EndingDate = DateTime.Parse("03/06/2007");
foreach (DateTime date in GetDateRange(StartingDate,EndingDate))
{
WL(date.ToShortDateString());
}
Sample output :
2/25/2007
2/26/2007
2/27/2007
2/28/2007
3/1/2007
3/2/2007
3/3/2007
3/4/2007
3/5/2007
3/6/2007

Use the Subtract method to get the difference, which is a TimeSpan value. Example:
TimeSpan diff = SecondDate.Subtract(FirstDate);
You can get the length of the time span for example in hours:
double hours = diff.TotalHours;
I'm not sure which time unit "days and nights" could be interpreted as, though. Perhaps days?
double days = diff.TotalDays;

DateTime dt1,dt2;
//...
TimeSpan period = dt1 - dt2;
int days = period.Days;

It sounds like a very long Cab journey that takes days and nights!
I think you need to define what a day and a night is more clearly in order to get your perfect answer. You also need to think about what impact Daylight Saving Time has on your calculations.
If say:
a day was the period from 6am to 6pm
the night was the rest - from 6pm to 6am
and you wanted to really count hours rather than days
In this case then a calculation would require you to:
iterate a currentDateTime from the startDateTime to the endDateTime
choose the increment in the currentDateTime so that it jumps to the next time barrier (6am, 6pm or the endDateTime)
within each loop, then add to your cumulative calculation of numDayHours or numNightHours so far.
Note that:
you could make this calculation quicker by counting whole days along the way
you need to be very careful about the time zone you are calculating in (I just hope that your taxi doesn't cross time zone boundaries!)
you need to be very careful about local time changes - especially "daylight savings time" type changes - the duration from 6pm to 6am is not always 12 hours!
Some pseudo code:
var numDayHours = 0.0;
var numNightHours = 0.0;
var current = startDateTime;
while (current < endDateTime)
{
next_hop = calculate_next_hop (current, endDateTime);
// select next date time
switch (next_hop.hop_type)
{
case HopType.night_time_hop:
numNightHours += next_hop.num_hours;
break;
case HopType.day_time_hop:
numDayHours += next_hop.num_hours;
break;
}
current = next_hop.EndDateTime;
}
// and here is the result
double numDays = numDayHours / 12.0;
double numHours = numNightHours / 12.0;