Comparing timespan object if it's between hours in C#

I want to filter an array of objects. The goal is to filter the objects between two timespan objects:

  TimeSpan tsFrom = TimeSpan.Parse("16:00");
  TimeSpan tsTo = TimeSpan.Parse("00:59");

For example I have this object:

TimeSpan dateObject = TimeSpan.Parse("22:05:22");

The problem comes when I try to compare if the dateObject is between tsFrom and tsTo:

if (dateObject > tsFrom && dateObject < tsTo)
{
// do something ....
}

This won’t work for cases like that. Do you have any ideas how I can make this work ?

>Solution :

You’re wanting to works with times of day. The TimeSpan data type works with time spans (somewhat obvious to say). These are distinct concepts.

Times of day are precisely what motivated the creation of the new TimeOnly type in .NET 6. It has an IsBetween method:

Determines if a time falls within the range provided. Supports both "normal" ranges such as 10:00-12:00, and ranges that span midnight such as 23:00-01:00.

Note that IsBetween use the more sensible convention of inclusive start, exclusive end which means that you’d use 01:00 as the to moment and not accidentally exclude e.g. 00:59:17 from your period

For older versions, I’d suggest you realise that if To is less than From (e.g. it’s representing a period that crosses midnight) you should check:

if ((tsTo > tsFrom && dateObject >= tsFrom && dateObject < tsTo) ||
    (tsFrom > tsTo && (dateObject < tsTo || dateObject >= tsFrom)))
{

}

Note, again, that this logic is assuming inclusive From and exclusive To (Your original logic treated both ends as exclusive which is rarely correct)