I need to create a midnight DateTime
I've just done this:
DateTime endTime = DateTime.Now;
endTime.Subtract(endTime.TimeOfDay);
Haven't test it yet, I'm assuming it works but is there a better/cleaner way?
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7 Answers
Just use foo.Date, or DateTime.Today for today's date
answered Oct 29, 2008 at 9:31
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4It is worth considering that people generally think of midnight as the last second of the day, whereas this gives the 1st second of the day (which is a different midnight). So if you intend to accomplish the popular meaning of midnight, please see Aruna's answer below (and Paul Suart's comment) Commented Jan 24, 2020 at 0:16
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@jdoer1997 - It depends what your app needs to do at midnight. Apps that depend on date, day-of-week, etc. may want to do house keeping tasks at the first tick into the new day.– LT DanCommented Feb 20, 2020 at 13:03
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If you are dealing with multiple time zones you may want to be careful with DateTime.Today. In this case DateTime.UtcNow.Date might have more desirable results. Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 8:08
DateTime endTime = DateTime.Now.Date;
Now endTime.TimeOfDay.ToString() returns "00:00:00"
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DateTime.Today
You can use DateTime.Today with exact seconds of the midnight.
DateTime today = DateTime.Today;
DateTime mid = today.AddDays(1).AddSeconds(-1);
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Today: {0} , Mid Night: {1}", today.ToString(), mid.ToString()));
Console.ReadLine();
This should print :
Today: 11/24/2016 10:00:00 AM , Mid Night: 11/24/2016 11:59:59 PM
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11Midnight is the first one - it's the very first second of the day, not the last. Commented Mar 1, 2018 at 9:00
var dateMidnight = DateTime.ParseExact(DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd"), "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
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4In addition to providing some code, please add some additional details about why your solution works and how it differs from previous solutions.– wlhCommented Jan 22, 2019 at 20:49
private bool IsServiceDatabaseProcessReadyToStart()
{
bool isGoodParms = true;
DateTime currentTime = DateTime.Now;
//24 Hour Clock
string[] timeSpan = currentTime.ToString("HH:mm:ss").Split(':');
//Default to Noon
int hr = 12;
int mn = 0;
int sc = 0;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(timeSpan[0]))
{
hr = Convert.ToInt32(timeSpan[0]);
}
else
{
isGoodParms = false;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(timeSpan[1]))
{
mn = Convert.ToInt32(timeSpan[1]);
}
else
{
isGoodParms = false;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(timeSpan[2]))
{
sc = Convert.ToInt32(timeSpan[2]);
}
else
{
isGoodParms = false;
}
if (isGoodParms == true )
{
TimeSpan currentTimeSpan = new TimeSpan(hr, mn, sc);
TimeSpan minTimeSpan = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0);
TimeSpan maxTimeSpan = new TimeSpan(0, 04, 59);
if (currentTimeSpan >= minTimeSpan && currentTimeSpan <= maxTimeSpan)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
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1Welcome to StackOverflow. In addition to providing some code, please provide some additional details about why your solution works and how it differs from previous solutions.– buczekCommented Jan 24, 2017 at 20:27