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Dark Knight
Dark Knight

Reputation: 37

How to get the Latest DATETIME in my collection

My collection

"10/01/2016 4:00 PM"
"10/01/2016 11:00 AM"
"10/01/2016 12:00 PM"

I want to get : "10/01/2016 4:00 PM" since it is the current time and the latest at all. However when i use .Max() Function it returns the value of "10/01/2016 12:00 PM" which means it is just looking for the Highest Value of HOURS "12".

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1256

Answers (2)

Fabio
Fabio

Reputation: 32445

You comparing string values.

You need to convert your collection of strings to the collection of DateTime

var dateTimeCollection = stringCollection.Select(value => DateTime.Parse(value));

Then use Max method

var maxDate = dateTimeCollection.Max();

Upvotes: 2

Christian Alt-Wibbing
Christian Alt-Wibbing

Reputation: 357

Which kind of Collection do you use? I had testet it with following Code

   static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<DateTime> list = new List<DateTime>()
            {
                 DateTime.Parse("10/01/2016 4:00 PM") ,
                 DateTime.Parse("10/01/2016 11:00 AM"),
                 DateTime.Parse("10/01/2016 12:00 PM")
            };

            Console.WriteLine(list.Max());
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

And it works

Upvotes: 0

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