Class DateExtensions

Provides extension methods for .

Inheritance

Object

DateExtensions

Inherited Members

Object.ToString()

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: Swan

Syntax

public static class DateExtensions

Methods

AsCronCanRun(DateTime, Nullable<Int32>, Nullable<Int32>, Nullable<Int32>, Nullable<Int32>, Nullable<Int32>)

Compare the Date elements(Months, Days, Hours, Minutes).

Declaration

public static bool AsCronCanRun(this DateTime this, int? minute = default(int? ), int? hour = default(int? ), int? dayOfMonth = default(int? ), int? month = default(int? ), int? dayOfWeek = default(int? ))

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	this	The on which this method is called.
Nullable<Int32>	minute	The minute (0-59).
Nullable<Int32>	hour	The hour. (0-23).
Nullable<Int32>	dayOfMonth	The day of month. (1-31).
Nullable<Int32>	month	The month. (1-12).
Nullable<Int32>	dayOfWeek	The day of week. (0-6)(Sunday = 0).

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns true if Months, Days, Hours and Minutes match, otherwise false.

AsCronCanRun(DateTime, String, String, String, String, String)

Compare the Date elements(Months, Days, Hours, Minutes).

Declaration

public static bool AsCronCanRun(this DateTime this, string minute = "*", string hour = "*", string dayOfMonth = "*", string month = "*", string dayOfWeek = "*")

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	this	The on which this method is called.
String	minute	The minute (0-59).
String	hour	The hour. (0-23).
String	dayOfMonth	The day of month. (1-31).
String	month	The month. (1-12).
String	dayOfWeek	The day of week. (0-6)(Sunday = 0).

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns true if Months, Days, Hours and Minutes match, otherwise false.

DateRange(DateTime, DateTime)

Creates a date range.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable<DateTime> DateRange(this DateTime startDate, DateTime endDate)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	startDate	The start date.
DateTime	endDate	The end date.

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<DateTime>	A sequence of integral numbers within a specified date's range.

GetDateTimeSpan(DateTime, DateTime)

Compares a Date to another and returns a DateTimeSpan.

Declaration

public static DateTimeSpan GetDateTimeSpan(this DateTime dateStart, DateTime dateEnd)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	dateStart	The date start.
DateTime	dateEnd	The date end.

Returns

Type	Description
DateTimeSpan	A DateTimeSpan with the Years, Months, Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds and Milliseconds between the dates.

RoundUp(DateTime, TimeSpan)

Rounds up a date to match a timespan.

Declaration

public static DateTime RoundUp(this DateTime date, TimeSpan timeSpan)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	date	The datetime.
TimeSpan	timeSpan	The timespan to match.

Returns

Type	Description
DateTime	A new instance of the DateTime structure to the specified datetime and timespan ticks.

ToDateTime(String)

Parses a YYYY-MM-DD and optionally it time part, HH:II:SS into a DateTime.

Declaration

public static DateTime ToDateTime(this string this)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	this	The sortable date.

Returns

Type	Description
DateTime	A new instance of the DateTime structure to the specified year, month, day, hour, minute and second.

ToRfc1123String(DateTime)

Converts a to the RFC1123 format.

Declaration

public static string ToRfc1123String(this DateTime this)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	this	The on which this method is called.

Returns

Type	Description
String	The string representation of this according to RFC1123.

Remarks

If this is not a UTC date / time, its UTC equivalent is converted, leaving this unchanged.

ToSortableDate(DateTime)

Converts the date to a YYYY-MM-DD string.

Declaration

public static string ToSortableDate(this DateTime this)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	this	The on which this method is called.

Returns

Type	Description
String	The concatenation of date.Year, date.Month and date.Day.

ToSortableDateTime(DateTime)

Converts the date to a YYYY-MM-DD HH:II:SS string.

Declaration

public static string ToSortableDateTime(this DateTime this)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	this	The on which this method is called.

Returns

Type	Description
String	The concatenation of date.Year, date.Month, date.Day, date.Hour, date.Minute and date.Second.

ToUnixEpochDate(DateTime)

Get this datetime as a Unix epoch timestamp (seconds since Jan 1, 1970, midnight UTC).

Declaration

public static long ToUnixEpochDate(this DateTime this)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DateTime	this	The on which this method is called.

Returns

Type	Description
Int64	Seconds since Unix epoch.

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