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Vivekh
Vivekh

Reputation: 4259

how to get the three previous dates for the given date .net

I would like to get the 3 dates from the current date or if user enters a date like 16/07/2011 i would like to show the 3 previous dates for this like

15/07/2011,14/07/2011,13/07/2011

Upvotes: 5

Views: 4424

Answers (2)

Sean Thoman
Sean Thoman

Reputation: 7489

Just use the TimeSpan object or AddDays function. Here are example extension methods where you can modify days easily:

    public static DateTime SubtractDays(this DateTime time, int days)
    {
        return time - new TimeSpan(days, 0, 0, 0);
    }

    public static DateTime SubtractDays(this DateTime time, int days)
    {
        return time.AddDays(days)
    }

Upvotes: 0

Jon Skeet
Jon Skeet

Reputation: 1502376

Simple steps:

  • Parse the date to a DateTime. If you know the format to be used, I would suggest using DateTime.ParseExact or DateTime.TryParseExact.
  • Use DateTime.AddDays(-1) to get the previous date (either with different values from the original, or always -1 but from the "new" one each time)

For example:

string text = "16/07/2011";

Culture culture = ...; // The appropriate culture to use. Depends on situation.
DateTime parsed;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(text, "dd/MM/yyyy", culture, DateTimeStyles.None,
                            out parsed))
{
    for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++)
    {
         Console.WriteLine(parsed.AddDays(-i).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"));
    }
}
else    
{
    // Handle bad input
}

Upvotes: 8

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