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I am seeking a function to populate the dropdown list with time interval. For example, when user clicks the dropdown list, there should be like:

VB
8:00AM

8:30AM

9:00AM

....

12:00PM

12:30PM


How can I do this in C#?
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Updated 4-Jun-21 1:24am
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Hammad 15-Jan-14 2:46am    
Can't understand your qestion buddy, can you further explain it
Member 10276220 15-Jan-14 2:51am    
i have a two textbox...one is for start time & 2nd is for end time...after give these two time,i wanna populate a dropdown list with these start time & end time with 15 or 30min time interval...for eg:,it should be like
8:00am
8:15am
8:30am
.....
12:15pm
12:30pm
What have you tried and where is the problem?
Member 10276220 15-Jan-14 6:34am    
string st = ddlStartTime.SelectedItem.Text;
var s = st.Split(' ');
string ed = ddlEndTime.SelectedItem.Text;
var en = ed.Split(' ');
DateTime start = DateTime.ParseExact(s[0], "HH:mm", null);
DateTime end = DateTime.ParseExact(en[0], "HH:mm", null);
int interval = Convert.ToInt32(txtMeetingIncrements.Text);
List<string> lstTimeIntervals = new List<string>();
for (DateTime i = start; i < end; i = i.AddMinutes(interval))
lstTimeIntervals.Add(i.ToString("HH:mm tt"));

ddlAutoFilledTimes.DataSource = lstTimeIntervals;
ddlAutoFilledTimes.DataBind();
Member 10276220 15-Jan-14 6:35am    
this is my code...but dropdown isnt binding

Try this:

C#
private void populateDropdown(ComboBox dropdown, DateTime startTime, DateTime endTime, TimeSpan interval)
{
    dropdown.Items.Clear();

    DateTime time = startTime;

    while (time <= endTime)
    {
        dropdown.Items.Add(time.ToString("HH:mm tt"));
        time = time.Add(interval);
    }
}


Then call it like this:

populateDropdown(comboBox1, new DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 8, 0, 0), new DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 12, 30, 0), new TimeSpan(0, 30, 0));
 
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On top of above two solutions,
you can try this too..

C#
DateTime start = DateTime.ParseExact(txtStart.Text,"HH:mm tt", null);
       DateTime end = DateTime.ParseExact(txtEnd.Text, "HH:mm tt", null);

       int interval = 30;
       List<string> lstTimeIntervals = new List<string>();
       for (DateTime i = start; i < end; i =i.AddMinutes(interval))
           lstTimeIntervals.Add(i.ToString("HH:mm tt"));

       dropdownList.DataSource = lstTimeIntervals;
       dropdownList.DataBind();
 
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Member 10276220 15-Jan-14 6:33am    
its not working...gettnf error of convertion
Member 10276220 15-Jan-14 6:35am    
this is my code...

string st = ddlStartTime.SelectedItem.Text;
var s = st.Split(' ');
string ed = ddlEndTime.SelectedItem.Text;
var en = ed.Split(' ');
DateTime start = DateTime.ParseExact(s[0], "HH:mm", null);
DateTime end = DateTime.ParseExact(en[0], "HH:mm", null);
int interval = Convert.ToInt32(txtMeetingIncrements.Text);
List lstTimeIntervals = new List();
for (DateTime i = start; i < end; i = i.AddMinutes(interval))
lstTimeIntervals.Add(i.ToString("HH:mm tt"));

ddlAutoFilledTimes.DataSource = lstTimeIntervals;
ddlAutoFilledTimes.DataBind();

but dropdown isnt binding
Karthik_Mahalingam 15-Jan-14 6:40am    
what is the text on st ??
Member 10276220 15-Jan-14 7:07am    
st will get "10:00 am"
Karthik_Mahalingam 15-Jan-14 7:15am    
replce "HH:mm" with "hh:mm" in my solution...
C#
public List<string> GetTimeIntervals()
{
	List<string> timeIntervals = new List<string>();
	DateTime date = DateTime.MinValue.AddHours(6); 
	DateTime endDate = DateTime.MinValue.AddDays(1).AddHours(6); 
	while (date < endDate)
	{
		timeIntervals.Add(date.ToShortTimeString());
		date = date.AddMinutes(15);
	}
	return timeIntervals;
}</string>
 
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v3
SQL
JUST EXECUTE THIS SP IN SQL AND BIND YOUR dropdown list



ALTER PROC TIMELIST(@Stime NVARCHAR(20),@Etime NVARCHAR(20),@MINInterval INT )
AS
BEGIN

DECLARE @newtime NVARCHAR(20)
SET @newtime=@Stime
DECLARE @SRnO INT
SET @SRnO=1

DECLARE @TEM TABLE (ID INT ,TIMES NVARCHAR(20))

WHILE(CONVERT(TIME,@newtime)<=CONVERT(TIME,@Etime))
BEGIN
   INSERT INTO @TEM VALUES(@SRnO,CONVERT(varchar(15),CAST(@newtime AS TIME),100))
    SET @SRnO=@SRnO+1
	SET @newtime=dateadd(MINUTE, @MINInterval,CONVERT(TIME,@newtime) )
END

SELECT * FROM @TEM
END

--EXEC  TIMELIST '8:00AM','12:30PM',30 


ID	TIMES
1	8:00AM
2	8:30AM
3	9:00AM
4	9:30AM
5	10:00AM
6	10:30AM
7	11:00AM
8	11:30AM
9	12:00PM
10	12:30PM
 
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