DateTime
SubtractIn a C# program, one DateTime
can be subtracted from another. This returns the difference in time between the 2 dates.
For example, the difference between December 25 and January 1 in the year 2008 is seven days. The Subtract()
method can be used for this purpose.
We use the Subtract method with one argument on the DateTime
struct
instance. We must subtract the smaller date from the larger date.
DateTime
constructors are passed three arguments. These specify the year, the month, and the day.TimeSpan
value.newYears
" parameters to be the year 2007, and you will get -724 days (negative time).using System; class Program { static void Main() { // Create DateTime instances for December 25 and January 1. // ... Then compute the difference with Subtract. // ... Write the result. DateTime christmas = new DateTime(2008, 12, 25); DateTime newYears = new DateTime(2009, 1, 1); TimeSpan span = newYears.Subtract(christmas); Console.WriteLine(span); Console.WriteLine("{0} days", span.TotalDays); } }7.00:00:00 7 days
Each DateTime
struct
stores a ticks field—this is a long type representation of the time. When using Subtract, the long fields from the two DateTime
instances are simply subtracted.
Subtract()
receives one argument and returns a TimeSpan
instance indicating the elapsed time. Typically we subtract a smaller and earlier date from the larger date.