DateTime.Now: subtract 1 day from it 1

[eramgarden]

I have an ASP pages, trying to upgrade it to ASP.Net..

there's a line of code that I cant get right...

It uses "now-1" and "now+1" to find dates...

I tried DateTime.Now.Subtract(1) but didnt work..

How can I subtract 1 from date??

 

[mirzapirza]

You'll have to specify what you want it to subtract. 1 could be anything. You want 1 day.. You could use the TimeSpan class to specify some amount of time. And one of the Subtract methods even takes a TimeSpan as a parameter.. Here's some code:

DateTime yesterday = DateTime.Now.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromDays(1));

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[eramgarden]

I've inherited the ASP code....

now-1 means...subtract 1 day..is that correct?

 

[dragonwell]

Would this work

DateTime yesterday = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1)

?

Not tested, but that would be my first guess.

HTH

David

 

[chiph]

Like Dragonwell said -- use the AddDays method to add a negative day.

Chip H.


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