> I need to compare dates. But this way:
>
> I get a date from database.
> I need to understand if this date is newer then "6 months" or not.
>
> What I need is get the current date,
> calculate the date 6 months ago,
> compare "the date from DB" & "the date 6 months ago from now"
> show the result.
>
> How will I do that using DateTime or TimeSpan classes?
>
>

> Thank you.
> One last question:
>
> The type of the date I get from DB is String.
> How can I convert it to DateTime. (So that I can make the comparison)
>
> DateTime constructer has no String argument. How will I do this?
>
>
>
>
> "Andreas Håkansson" <andy.h (at) telia.com> wrote in message
> news:uK5I5bAIEHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >
> > The different Add-methods on the DateTime class accepts negative
> > values. To subtract 6 months of the current date, you would do like this
> >
> > DateTime today = DateTime.Now;
> > DateTime then = today.AddMonths(-6);
> >
> > The variable 'then' will now contain the date you are looking for.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > //Andreas
> >
> > "Dinçer" <dincer80"at"yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:%23yd23u$HEHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > I need to compare dates. But this way:
> > >
> > > I get a date from database.
> > > I need to understand if this date is newer then "6 months" or not.
> > >
> > > What I need is get the current date,
> > > calculate the date 6 months ago,
> > > compare "the date from DB" & "the date 6 months ago from now"
> > > show the result.
> > >
> > > How will I do that using DateTime or TimeSpan classes?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Andreas Håkansson" <andy.h (at) telia.com> wrote in message
news:uK5I5bAIEHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
> The different Add-methods on the DateTime class accepts negative
> values. To subtract 6 months of the current date, you would do like this
>
> DateTime today = DateTime.Now;
> DateTime then = today.AddMonths(-6);
>
> The variable 'then' will now contain the date you are looking for.
>
> HTH,
>
> //Andreas
>
> "Dinçer" <dincer80"at"yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:%23yd23u$HEHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I need to compare dates. But this way:
> >
> > I get a date from database.
> > I need to understand if this date is newer then "6 months" or not.
> >
> > What I need is get the current date,
> > calculate the date 6 months ago,
> > compare "the date from DB" & "the date 6 months ago from now"
> > show the result.
> >
> > How will I do that using DateTime or TimeSpan classes?
> >
> >
>
>

"Andreas Håkansson" <andy.h (at) telia.com> wrote in message
news:%23UDaYmAIEHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Dinçer,
>
> The DateTime structure has two static members which should be of
> intresst to you. They are DateTime.Parse() and DateTime.ParseExact(),
> and I recommend you read the documentation for them.
>
> HTH,
>
> //Andreas
>
> "Dinçer" <dincer80"at"yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:OfkaehAIEHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Thank you.
> > One last question:
> >
> > The type of the date I get from DB is String.
> > How can I convert it to DateTime. (So that I can make the comparison)
> >
> > DateTime constructer has no String argument. How will I do this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Andreas Håkansson" <andy.h (at) telia.com> wrote in message
> > news:uK5I5bAIEHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > The different Add-methods on the DateTime class accepts negative
> > > values. To subtract 6 months of the current date, you would do like
this
> > >
> > > DateTime today = DateTime.Now;
> > > DateTime then = today.AddMonths(-6);
> > >
> > > The variable 'then' will now contain the date you are looking for.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > //Andreas
> > >
> > > "Dinçer" <dincer80"at"yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> > > news:%23yd23u$HEHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > I need to compare dates. But this way:
> > > >
> > > > I get a date from database.
> > > > I need to understand if this date is newer then "6 months" or not.
> > > >
> > > > What I need is get the current date,
> > > > calculate the date 6 months ago,
> > > > compare "the date from DB" & "the date 6 months ago from now"
> > > > show the result.
> > > >
> > > > How will I do that using DateTime or TimeSpan classes?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

<"Din=E7er" <dincer80"at"yahoo.com>> wrote:
> The type of the date I get from DB is String.