C# Code Snippet - Find starting and ending date for given date

C# Code Snippet - Find starting and ending date for given date

These .Net C# code snippets return the Ending Date and Starting Date for given date. Simply pass the DateTime value and these methods return the appropriate starting ending date values as a DateTime format.

Following code snippet returns ending date for given date.

/// <summary>
/// Get end date of given month
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_Date">Date to find end date</param>
/// <returns>DateTime of end date of the month</returns>
public DateTime EndDateOfMonth(DateTime _Date)
{
    if (_Date != null)
        return new DateTime(_Date.Year, _Date.Month, 1).AddMonths(1).AddDays(-1);
    else
        return _Date;
}

Following code snippet returns starting date for given date.

/// <summary>
/// Get starting date of given month
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_Date">Date to find starting date</param>
/// <returns>DateTime of starting date of the month</returns>
public DateTime StartDateOfMonth(DateTime _Date)
{
    if (_Date != null)
        return new DateTime(_Date.Year, _Date.Month, 1);
    else
        return _Date;
}

Here is a simple example showing how to use above functions (EndDateOfMonth / StartDateOfMonth) to get ending and starting date for given date.

Console.WriteLine("End date of the month : " + EndDateOfMonth(DateTime.Now).ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Start date of the month : " + StartDateOfMonth(DateTime.Now).ToString());

C# Keywords Used:

• DateTime
• DateTime.AddDays
• DateTime.AddMonths

Code Snippet Information:

• Applies To: Visual Studio, .Net, C#, CLI, DateTime, Starting date, Ending date, Date conversion, AddDays, AddMonths, DateTime Methods
• Programming Language : C# (C-Sharp)

External Resources:

• DateTime Structure
• DateTime Methods
• DateTime.AddDays Method
• DateTime.AddMonths Method

Kiran :: August 02-2009 :: 12:03 PM

Great work man!!!!!!. Making it an extension method will add more beauty.......

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