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How to subtract two time values which is stored in access 2007 as a text datatype


What I have tried:

String str1 = null;
           string str2 = null;
           con1.Open();
           cmd1.CommandText = "insert into TimeCalculation (AttendanceLogId,AttendanceDate,EmployeeId,InTime,OutTime,Duration) select distinct AttendanceLogId,AttendanceDate,EmployeeId,InTime,OutTime,@d from AttendanceLogs where NOT EXISTS ( select * from TimeCalculation where TimeCalculation.AttendanceLogId = AttendanceLogs.AttendanceLogId )";

           OleDbDataReader rd = cmd1.ExecuteReader();
           while (rd.Read())
           {
               str1 = (rd["InTime"].ToString());
               str2 = (rd["OutTime"].ToString());
           }
           TimeSpan time = DateTime.Parse(str2).Subtract(DateTime.Parse(str1));
           cmd1.Parameters.AddWithValue("@d", time.ToString());
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Updated 14-Sep-17 20:33pm
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Graeme_Grant 15-Sep-17 2:22am    
And the problem is? Why aren't dates stored in date format?

1 solution

Simple: Don't.
Store them as DateTime instead of strings, and you can immediately use standard comparison and math operations - making everything a whole load easier.

Always store data in relevant datatypes: anything else will always give you problems later on which are a huge amount worse than the trivial hassle it is to use the right types in the first place.
 
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