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FtheBuilder
FtheBuilder

Reputation: 1437

Yesod Persistent - How to compare Day to UTCTime? (How to convert them?)

I have a value of type UTCTime representing the current time, and other value of type Day which I would like to know if is greater or equal than the current time.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 350

Answers (1)

MaxGabriel
MaxGabriel

Reputation: 7705

A UTCTime is composed of a Day (utctDay) and the number of seconds since midnight (utctDayTime). Here's a GHCi session showing how to access the day:

ghci > import Data.Time
ghci > time <- getCurrentTime
ghci > :t time
time :: UTCTime
ghci > utctDay time
2016-04-30
ghci > :t utctDay time
utctDay time :: Day

Once you have access to the Day, you can use standard comparison functions (>, >= ==, < and <=):

ghci > t1 <- getCurrentTime
ghci > t2 <- getCurrentTime
ghci > t1
2016-04-30 21:59:06.808488 UTC
ghci > t2
2016-04-30 21:59:11.920389 UTC
ghci > (utctDay t1) >= (utctDay t2)
True

You might also want to check out the Haddocks for UTCTime.

Upvotes: 4

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