System Time Problem.

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i am trying to get the time of system by simple coding of

System.DateTime.Today.ToString("hh:mm tt")
But every time I run this code I get the same output of "12:00 AM"

Why my system time is not fetching here?
Need Help!!

Posted 29-Mar-11 9:05am

naveen.0nick

Updated 29-Mar-11 10:13am

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 29-Mar-11 16:13pm

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Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-29T09:09:00

Solution 1

Instead of Today (which is only the date), try using Now:

System.DateTime.Now.ToString...

Posted 29-Mar-11 9:09am

Wendelius

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy 29-Mar-11 15:26pm

Actually Today has the time set to 00:00:00 which is the same as 12:00 AM. Still my 5!

Wendelius 29-Mar-11 15:27pm

Yes, it's a constant. That's a good clarification.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Mar-11 15:56pm

This is good, my 5, even though there is no such thing "only the date" here.
Generally, many people (well, maybe only the weak-minded ones :-) were confused due to this long and misleading tradition of using the term DateTime. Time and calendar is the area where the traditional idiotism of the programming community was manifested in the most bright ways and most regular manner, just remember "the problem of 2000". Naming something "DateTime" is like "DateHourTime" or "YearTime". Time is time, the data is only one part of it.

To reduce my irritation, in a file using this type I tend to put at the beginning of my namespace:

using Time = System.DateTime; // :-)

--SA

Wendelius 29-Mar-11 16:13pm

Thanks and a good comment. Y2K was a funny thing in overall and now they tell that we're hitting another AbsoluteEndDateTime at the end of 2012 :)

Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-29T09:25:00

Solution 3

Actually Mika already gave the correct solution, but I wanted to elaborate a bit more. The difference between DateTime.Today and DateTime.Now is that Today give you the start of the current day and this is:

2011-03-29T00:00:00 which is today at 12:00 AM.
Now also has the current time attached: 2011-03-29T21:22:34

That just about sums it up!

Cheers,

Posted 29-Mar-11 9:25am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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Wendelius 29-Mar-11 15:28pm

Good addition, my 5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Mar-11 15:50pm

My 5.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Mar-11 15:57pm

Funny stuff: please also see my comment to Mika's answer.
--SA

Dalek Dave 29-Mar-11 16:12pm

Good Call Manfred

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 29-Mar-11 16:26pm

Thanks Dave.