C# Get date time with hour and minutes in 24h format

readme.md

• Required NuGet package Spectre.Console
• Place Prompts.cs in its own file

Program.cs

namespace InputsDemo;

internal partial class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var value = Prompts.GetDate();
        Console.WriteLine(value.Year == 1 ? "Cancelled" : $"Selected date: {value:MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm}");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// Provides methods for interacting with the user to prompt and retrieve input values.
/// </summary>
public class Prompts
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Prompts the user to enter a date and time in the 24-hour format (DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm) 
    /// and validates the input.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    /// A <see cref="DateTime"/> representing the user-provided date and time.
    /// </returns>
    public static DateTime GetDate()
    {
        return AnsiConsole.Prompt(
            new TextPrompt<DateTime>("[cyan]Enter Meal Time in the 24h format[/] [b]MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm[/] ")
                .AllowEmpty()
                .PromptStyle("cyan")
                .ValidationErrorMessage("[red]That's not a valid date[/]")
                .Validate(date => IsTimeIn24HourFormat(date)
                    ? ValidationResult.Success()
                    : ValidationResult.Error("[mediumvioletred]Invalid Input, please try a date time value, in 24h, like DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm[/]")));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Validates whether the specified <see cref="DateTime"/> is in the 24-hour time format.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="dateTime">
    /// The <see cref="DateTime"/> to validate.
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>
    /// <c>true</c> if the <paramref name="dateTime"/> represents a valid time in the 24-hour format; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
    /// </returns>
    private static bool IsTimeIn24HourFormat(DateTime dateTime)
    {
        var hour = dateTime.Hour;
        var minute = dateTime.Minute;
        var isValidHour = hour is >= 0 and <= 23;
        var isValidMinute = minute is >= 0 and <= 59;

        return isValidHour && isValidMinute;
    }

}