DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with DateTime

Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for natural DateTime operations

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:16:02 GMT

FluentDateTime is a open source library of Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for easier and more natural DateTime handling and operations in .NET that allows you to write code like this: DateTime.Now + 1.Week() + 3.Days + 14.Minutes(); 3.Days().Ago(); 5.Days().After(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1)); DateTime.Now.NextDay(); DateTime.Now.WeekAfter(); DateTime.Now.Midnight(); DateTime.Now.SetTime(11, 55, 0);

Json [Date -> String -> Date]

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:24:49 GMT

For them who have problems with Date on client. Conversion both sides.

The MonthCalendar is now kryptonized

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:37:41 GMT

This free component from VisualHint (localizable, nullable, not limited to 1753-9998, today and clear buttons, ...) can now be painted with the beautiful Krypton toolkit palettes (built-in and custom).

A free localizable MonthCalendar

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:03:20 GMT

A new custom MonthCalendar has been added to the VisualHint's products and it is also free when used standalone.

Displaying time in relative format

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:55:59 GMT

Many websites specially forum sites display time relative to the current time as "3 Hours 25 Minutes ago", "30 Seconds ago" etc. In this post I will show a method using which we can convert datetime into descriptive relative time string.

Frames per second in the DateTimePicker and TimeSpan editor

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:13:57 GMT

Smart FieldPackEditor.Net adds a new "Frames per second" field for datetime and timespan types in their respective editors.

Take control of DateTime's ToString() method.

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:31:45 GMT

An example how to format DateTime with ToString() method.

A Better Way to Extract Data from DateTime

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:16:02 GMT

A better and safer way to get date and time using the datetime object.

Get Difference Between 2 times

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:34:13 GMT

How to get diff between to time intervals?

SQL Server: The one and only locale insensitive date format

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:22:09 GMT

Until recently i've been sure that there are 2 date formats that are completly locale insensitive. Those 2 i are yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss.fff and yyyymmdd HH:mm:ss.fff. And i was proven wrong a few days ago!

Performance consequence of DateTime.Parse()

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:01:01 GMT

This post explains the performance cost of using DateTime.Parse() and goes on to explain a possible solution.

SQL Server DateTime Formatting

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:29:00 GMT

Usually the formatting of a DateTime value into a more readable date and time is dealt with by the client application. However, there are some situations were it is useful to convert a DateTime into a formatted character string within a SQL statement.

How to perform DateTime calculations in a right way

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:01:02 GMT

When coding, be careful if you need to perform DateTime calculations (add/subtract) on values representing time zones that practice daylight savings time.

A Brief History of DateTime

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:14:15 GMT

As two new core date/time types are added to .NET framework 3.5, Anthony Moore from the Base Class Library team discusses the history and design challenges of dates, times and time zones in the .NET framework.

DateTime.ToString() Patterns

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:16:01 GMT

Handy list of DateTime.ToString() patterns. Bookmark it ;-)

Screencast: a FieldPackEditor is not just for dates and times

Fri, 25 May 2007 00:12:36 GMT

How the FieldPackEditor component, usually serving as a DateTimePicker replacement, can also be used to build rich rule-based field editors.

Screencast: a DateTimePicker and a DataGridView in a perfect world

Fri, 25 May 2007 12:31:01 GMT

This video shows how Smart FieldPackEditor.Net can completely replace the DateTimePicker and how it can provide the perfect experience to bind itself to nullable date and time columns.

Screencast: three ways to nullify a DateTimePicker

Wed, 23 May 2007 00:10:01 GMT

The second screencast of a series of four to showcase how it's possible to clear the content of a DateTimePicker and restore a valid datetime value.

Screencast: a full featured DateTimePicker

Thu, 24 May 2007 13:16:01 GMT

The first screencast of a series of four to showcase what the new DateTimePicker replacement can do.

Converting DateTime to String and back.

Mon, 21 May 2007 11:22:15 GMT

How to convert to a DateTime to a String and back, with out loosing any of those pesky milliseconds.

Extending DateTime to include dates less than 1753-01-01 in SQL Server

Thu, 10 May 2007 18:14:08 GMT

How to extend sql server 2005 datetime range to .net datetime range with the help of CLR User Defined Types (UDT's)

The ten deceptions of the DatTimePicker

Fri, 04 May 2007 06:31:01 GMT

Details all the shortcomings of the MS DateTimePicker control. Seems it will provide a solution...

I don't like having Nulls in DateTime columns

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:01:01 GMT

Nulls or no nulls in DateTime columns in SQL server?

NHibernate, DateTime and UTC

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:16:01 GMT

We are in the midst of doing a total rewrite of our Software, and one of the things that has come up is date and time. How do we do it, how do we store it, and how do we ensure that we can compare DateTime from one timezone to DateTime in another timezone. After a lot of research, we settled on using UTC (or UCT depending on your preference). FxCop will take care of ensuring we use UTC (for the most part), or so we thought...

C# DateTime Manipulation

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:01:02 GMT

The twenty-seventh part of the C# Fundamentals tutorial completes the examination of the DateTime data type provided by C# and the .NET Framework. This article considers manipulation of DateTime data and formatting date and time information as a string.