I need some 'how to' on time/date strings please...

[Trint Smith]

If I know that I have and ending date and time 2/18/04 and 06:00 am, how
can I take the current time and date 2/17/04 and 07:53 pm and do a
calculation that will show me how many days.hours.seconds are left?
Thanks,
Trint

.Net programmer
tr********@hotmail.com

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[CJ Taylor]

Trint,

The DateTime class has many methods for doing date arithmetic. Have a look
at the msdn collection or your helpful on the DateTime class.

For example, there are several methods for add including
AddDays
Addhours
AddMilliseconds.

etc...

"Trint Smith" <tr********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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If I know that I have and ending date and time 2/18/04 and 06:00 am, how
can I take the current time and date 2/17/04 and 07:53 pm and do a
calculation that will show me how many days.hours.seconds are left?
Thanks,
Trint

Net programmer
tr********@hotmail.com

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[Brian W]

How about the easy way

Dim dt1 As DateTime = DateTime.Parse("2/18/04 06:00 AM")
Dim dt2 As DateTime = DateTime.Parse("2/17/04 07:53 PM")

Dim span As TimeSpan = dt1.Subtract(dt2)

Then take a look at TimeSpan, it will days, hours, minutes, etc.
HTH
Brian W


"Trint Smith" <tr********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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If I know that I have and ending date and time 2/18/04 and 06:00 am, how
can I take the current time and date 2/17/04 and 07:53 pm and do a
calculation that will show me how many days.hours.seconds are left?
Thanks,
Trint

Net programmer
tr********@hotmail.com

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* Trint Smith <tr********@hotmail.com> scripsit:

If I know that I have and ending date and time 2/18/04 and 06:00 am, how
can I take the current time and date 2/17/04 and 07:53 pm and do a
calculation that will show me how many days.hours.seconds are left?

Have a look at 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime.DateDiff' and/or
subtract the dates:

\\\
Dim ts As TimeSpan = d1.Subtract(d2)
///

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Trint Smith]

Thanks, I'll try this...and be back!
Trint

.Net programmer
tr********@hotmail.com

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