Change datetime in model to only return time only in C# web api

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HI All,
I have a model like this:

C#

public class Employees{

      public int Id {get;set;}
      public string Name {get;set;}
      public DateTime StartTime {get;set;}
      public DateTime FinishTime {get;set;}

}

Then I have a webapi controller returning the details against a searched employee like this:

C#

public class TimeController: ApiController
{
      [Route("api/getuserhours")]
        [HttpGet]
        public IEnumerable<Employees> GetDefaultTime()
        {
        
           var getEmp = context.Employees.Where(x => x.Name ==             currentUser).ToList();

         // now this is where i'm stuck .. i just want my model StartTime and //FinishTime  in particular to only return the time only not date. so how would i //access the getEmp here and change the datetime to return the time only .
           return getEmp;

   }


}

So before the results are sent to the view , how would i go about in changing the datetime to only return time?

Thank you .

What I have tried:

I was hopping to access the getEmp like this:
getEmp.StartTime.TooString("set time here") but nope this throws errors

Posted 12-May-16 3:16am

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Updated 12-May-16 4:01am

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Sinan Ergin 12-May-16 9:24am

Hmm. Interesting.

// var getEmp = context.Employees.Where(x => x.Name == currentUser).ToList();
// return getEmp; This type Employee! Cuz you dont select specify type.

I'll try change. Cuz I'm not quit what you want.

var getEmp = context.Employees.Where(x=>x.Name == currentUser).Select(x=> new { Start = x.StartTime,Finish = x.FinishTime }).AsEnumerable();

IEnumerable<*TimeStamp*> result = (TimeStamp)(from emp in getEmp select emp);

return result;

Thanks in advance.

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F-ES Sitecore · Answer 1 · 2016-05-12T04:01:00

Solution 2

DateTime can't hold just a time, the clue is in the class name :)

Just return the DateTime as it is and your view can convert the value to a string when it shows it, just ignoring the date part and showing only the time.

Posted 12-May-16 4:01am

F-ES Sitecore

Kunwar Bahadur Singh · Answer 2 · 2016-05-12T03:29:00

var getEmp = context.Employees.Where(x=>x.Name == currentUser).Select(x=> new { Start = x.StartTime.ToString("HH:mm"),Finish = x.FinishTime.ToString("HH:mm") }).AsEnumerable();

You have other options also for this:

DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse("6/22/2009 07:00:00 AM");

dt.ToString("HH:mm"); // 07:00 // 24 hour clock // hour is always 2 digits
dt.ToString("hh:mm tt"); // 07:00 AM // 12 hour clock // hour is always 2 digits
dt.ToString("H:mm"); // 7:00 // 24 hour clock
dt.ToString("h:mm tt"); // 7:00 AM // 12 hour clock