Question

I was just wondering if there is a way to get the current time and set it into a value.

If its 12:06 AM.. I want to get that time and set it into currentTime.

Example

float currentTime = 0;
currentTime = 12.06;

Answer 1

As others have mentioned, the DateTime class would be ideal for this, and to work out the difference between 2 date/times:

DateTime end = DateTime.Now;
DateTime start = new DateTime(2011, 12, 5, 12, 6,0);

double hours = (end - start).TotalHours;

The subtraction of DateTime objects results in a TimeSpan object that you can use to see the hours/minutes etc.