how is checking dates in C#

Question

i have 2 dates : date1 and date2 ; I want to check is that another date is between date1 and date2 thanks very much

Re: The current answers, unless you know the order of `date1` and `date2`, you'll want to sort that out before comparing it to `anotherDate`'. — HABO, May 06 '12 at 13:52
duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5672862/check-if-datetime-instance-falls-in-between-other-two-datetime-objects — Adam, May 06 '12 at 14:13

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered May 06 '12 at 12:49

You can just use the standard <, >, >= and <= operators:

if( someDate >= date1 && someDate <= date2 )
{
}

And, you can make your own extension method for it:

public static class DateExtensions
{
    public static bool Between( this DateTime d, DateTime start, DateTime end )
    {
        return d >= start && d <= end;
    }
}

Which you can use like this:

DateTime someDate = new DateTime (2012, 5, 6);

if( someDate.Between (date1, date2) )
{
    ...
}

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 07 '12 at 09:58

3

That's simple:

if (date3 >= date1 && date3 <= date2)

edited May 07 '12 at 09:58

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answered May 06 '12 at 12:48

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how is checking dates in C#

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