How do I calculate the difference between two UTC times in hours?
This is what I have tried:
lastSuccessfulRunTime // UTC Time
int timeDifference = (DateTime.UtcNow - lastSuccessfulRunTime).Hours
if (DateTime.UtcNow – lastSuccessfulRunTime) = 9.00:00:00.7944388, timeDifference will be 0 which is not what I need.
>Solution :
The Hours property returns the integer hours value of the timespace.
i.e. for an hour and a half, it would give you 1.
The TotalHours property, converts the entire timespan into the double representation.
i.e. for an hour and a half, it would give you 1.5
You want:
double timeDifference = (DateTime.UtcNow - lastSuccessfulRunTime).TotalHours
(note, your int variable type is also wrong)
This applies to all of the time-component properties on a DateTime