date problem [modified]

[venu656]

string fromdate= "31/08/2009"; string todate = "20/08/2009"; i have to decrase a day for the todate can u plz specify how to decrease the date for one day... string fromdate ="31/08/2009"; string todate = "20/08/2009"; string newdate =(DateTime.Parse(todate ).AddDays(-1)).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"); but it was showing error

modified on Monday, August 31, 2009 4:23 AM

[dan sh]

You do not have semi-colons in the first two statements. Is that a typo or the problem? If that is typo, then post the error message you get.

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[venu656]

its there man thats not a big issue

[dan sh]

What is the error it is throwing then?

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[venu656]

it was not reducing the day but it was not reducing the month

[Abhishek Sur]

Actually the problem is DateTime parses according to the CultureSettings applied on the computer. If your global Date format is MM/dd/yyyy you cannot parse in dd/MM/yyyy. You can specify format while parse, using ParseExact function rather than Parse. :thumbsup:

Abhishek Sur

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[venu656]

No overload for method 'ParseExact' takes '1' arguments iam getting dis error

[sashidhar]

try this code to decrease the date Label1.Text = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1).ToString(); after u Get date time u can change as per your Requirement

modified on Monday, August 31, 2009 5:32 AM

[venu656]

iam not asking for lable ... iam getting a date in string format i want to decrease the particular date which is in string format

[Abhishek Sur]

use this

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("18/02/2001", "dd/MM/yyyy", new CultureInfo("en-US"));

You will get what you want. :cool:

Abhishek Sur

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[sashidhar]

Convert the string format date into Datetime format i.e. use the following code

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("25/11/2009", "dd/MM/yyyy", new CultureInfo("en-US"));

or u Can Use This

string ssd = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1).ToString();
DateTime asd = Convert.ToDateTime(ssd);
ssd = asd.AddDays(-1).ToString();

if this is not Your Answer I am Sorry..!

modified on Monday, August 31, 2009 6:07 AM

[Gaurav Dudeja India]

you can do by this, just remove the opening and closing brace. string newdate =DateTime.Parse(todate).AddDays(-1).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

[Lost User]

Hi , First parse string into date format and remember u should use yyyy/mm/dd format. datetime date = datetime.parse(date); date = date .AddDays(-1) Thanks, Amit Patel

[Shuaib wasif khan]

just get month year day through substring string year = txtdate.Text.Substring(6, 4); string month = txtdate.Text.Substring(3, 2); string day = txtdate.Text.Substring(0, 2); DateTime dt=DateTime.Parse(year+"/"+month+"/"+day); string date = dt .AddDays(-1);

[Shuaib wasif khan]

string year = txtdate.Text.Substring(6, 4); string month = txtdate.Text.Substring(3, 2); string day = txtdate.Text.Substring(0, 2); DateTime dt=DateTime.Parse(year+"/"+month+"/"+day); date = date .AddDays(-1) txtdate is the textbox for date input:rose: