Hi,

I want to find whether the given date was gone or will come after by checking the current system date.

I have a labelbox and is entering a date in it. I am comparing it with the system date as follows.


DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(TextBox1.Text);

if (DateTime.Compare(dt, DateTime.Now) < 0)
Label1.Text = "The date was gone.";
else if (DateTime.Compare(dt, DateTime.Now) == 0)
Label1.Text = "It is the current date.";
else
Label1.Text = "The date is yet to come";


The output is only

"The date was gone" or "The date is yet to come"

and not "It is the current date."

Eventhough it is current date the ouput is

"The date was gone".


So, how can we compare it more effeciently ?

I want to know whether the date was gone or is it the current date or it is the future date ?

Hi Kirubananth,
U r using DateTime.Now it will give the Date in the following format like this,
3/25/2008 12:48 PM.U r checking this with the value entered in TextBox 3/25/2008.Both are not equal even if date is same.So it returns "Date has gone".If u entered 3/30/2008.It will return the "Date is yet to come".So Convert the DateFormat using toShortDate and try this...

Thank you madam,

I found the error and rectified it as follows


DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(TextBox1.Text);
Label2.Text = dt.Day.ToString();
Label3.Text = dt.Month.ToString();
Label4.Text = dt.Year.ToString();
int dat = Convert.ToInt32(Label2.Text);
int mon = Convert.ToInt32(Label3.Text);
int yr = Convert.ToInt32(Label4.Text);

DateTime current = DateTime.Now;
int datn = Convert.ToInt32(current.Day.ToString());
int monn = Convert.ToInt32(current.Month.ToString());
int yrn = Convert.ToInt32(current.Year.ToString());
Label sts = new Label();
sts.ID = "statuslbl";

DateTime dt1 = new DateTime(yr, mon, dat);
DateTime dt2 = new DateTime(yrn, monn, datn);
if (DateTime.Compare(dt1, dt2) < 0)
{
// The date was gone.
}
else if (DateTime.Compare(dt1, dt2) == 0)
{
// Equal
}
else
{
// The date is yet to come
}

Hi kirubananth,
U had solved it.Great!..To debug and know the values of the variable use F10 key for debugging ur code.Set breakpoint and check.U will rectify the error by urself..

Thank you poornima.