asp.net date time is not result same - asp.net

Question

this is the property I have :
[DataType(DataType.Time)]
public TimeSpan StartingTime { get; set; }
now in controller I will check if the starting time is less then now
var now = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;
return View(db.SchoolTime.ToList().Where(a => a.StartingTime < now );
here even the starting-time is less then now in database but not returning list to vew
I think it's because Starting-time is lik(09:00:00) but the now is like 09:10:00:12312312
please help thanks in advance

Answer 1

It is not because of the '<' condition.
Try changing the code to:
return View(db.SchoolTime.Where(a => a.StartingTime < now).ToList());
Where condition doesn't get applied unless you enumerate over the collection.
ToList() will help you do that.
Else it will execute once the collection is enumerated in the View.

Answer 2

Use the following code
DateTime parsedDate;
string pattern = ;
DateTime.TryParseExact(StartingTime, "MM-dd-yy", null, DateTimeStyles.None, out parsedDate);
parsedDate.TimeOfDay;// out put in your format MM:HH:SS
Inorder to make the above code to work you need to add using System.Globalization; namespace.
Update 1 :
As per your code
var now = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;
returns 00:00:00 every time because it should be assigned when you are creating the DateTime object itself.
So use this
var now = DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss")
return View(db.SchoolTime.ToList().Where(a => a.StartingTime < now );