How to set only time part of a DateTime variable in C#
C#.NetDatetimeC# Problem Overview
I have a DateTime variable:
DateTime date = DateTime.Now;
I want to change the time part of a DateTime variable. But when I tried to access time part (hh:mm:ss) these fields are readonly.
Can't I set these properties?
C# Solutions
Solution 1 - C#
Use the constructor that allows you to specify the year, month, day, hours, minutes, and seconds:
var dateNow = DateTime.Now;
var date = new DateTime(dateNow.Year, dateNow.Month, dateNow.Day, 4, 5, 6);
Solution 2 - C#
you can't change the DateTime object, it's immutable. However, you can set it to a new value, for example:
var newDate = oldDate.Date + new TimeSpan(11, 30, 55);
Solution 3 - C#
date = new DateTime(date.year, date.month, date.day, HH, MM, SS);
Solution 4 - C#
I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do but you can set the date/time to exactly what you want in a number of ways...
You can specify 12/25/2010 4:58 PM by using
DateTime myDate = Convert.ToDateTime("2010-12-25 16:58:00");
OR if you have an existing datetime construct , say 12/25/2010 (and any random time) and you want to set it to 12/25/2010 4:58 PM, you could do so like this:
DateTime myDate = ExistingTime.Date.AddHours(16).AddMinutes(58);
The ExistingTime.Date
will be 12/25 at midnight, and you just add hours and minutes to get it to the time you want.
Solution 5 - C#
It isn't possible as DateTime is immutable. The same discussion is available here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1859248/how-to-change-time-in-datetime