Question

I am trying to compare 24 hour time format stored as a string to the current time as follows

    [AllowAnonymous]
    public ActionResult _ProgOn()
    {
        int i = (int)DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek;
        DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
        var onNow = db.Programs
         .Where(u => u.PrOk == true)
         .Where(u => u.DaId == i)
         .Where(u => u.TimeOn == dt.ToString("HH:mm")); 
        return PartialView(onNow);

But that seems not to be acceptable to Linq query. I will be grateful if I am pointed to the right direction.

Answer 1

Pass time string to Linq query:

    int i = (int)DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek;
    string time = DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm");

    var onNow = from u in db.Programs
                where u.PrOk &&
                      u.DaId == i &&
                      u.TimeOn == time
                select u;

    return PartialView(onNow);

Also you don’t need to compare boolean value with true/false. And I think query syntax looks better here.