datetime data type cannot be changed

[Ian Ornstein]

In other software, I could increment (or decrement) a datetime data
item by minute, hour, day, month or year. This is helpful when
tranversing special characters such as manufacturing calendars.

But in the .Net Framwork, this is not available (I sure would like to
know the reasoning behind this decision). For the moment, I would
appreciate suggestions for work arounds.

Thanks,

- IanO -

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Ian Ornstein <ia**@infoave.net> wrote:

In other software, I could increment (or decrement) a datetime data
item by minute, hour, day, month or year. This is helpful when
tranversing special characters such as manufacturing calendars.

But in the .Net Framwork, this is not available (I sure would like to
know the reasoning behind this decision). For the moment, I would
appreciate suggestions for work arounds.

Have a look at DateTime.AddDays etc.

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[Frank Oquendo]

Ian Ornstein wrote:

But in the .Net Framwork, this is not available (I sure would like to
know the reasoning behind this decision). For the moment, I would
appreciate suggestions for work arounds.

In addition to Jon's suggestion, the DateTime struct has overloaded the
+ and - operators so you can perform math with TimeSpan and DateTime
objects.

You might want to consult the help file for more details.

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