Softdate or Date shortcuts?

[tig2810]

Hi all

This is not really a coding question but rather I'm looking for the correct term. I was about to write something so I could decorate field as adate and then use softdates or date shortcuts etc like below but on googling for some inspiration I suddenly realised I have no idea what the correct term is for this, if there is one? softdates does not seem to exist so no idea where I got this?

T = Today
Y = Yesterday
T+1 = Today add 1 day
T+1M = Today’s Date + 1 Month
T+1Y = Today’s Date + 1 Year

FDCM = First Day Current Month
LDCM = Last Day Current Month

[sknake]

That is commonly called "relative dates". I don't know if this will help you any:

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace XXX.Core
{
  public enum RelativeDate
  {
    [Description("Today")]
    Today,
    [Description("Yesterday")]
    Yesterday,
    [Description("Tomorrow")]
    Tomorrow,

    [Description("First day of previous Week")]
    FirstDayPreviousWeek,
    [Description("First day of previous Month")]
    FirstDayPreviousMonth,
    [Description("First day of previous Year")]
    FirstDayPreviousYear,

    [Description("First day of current Week")]
    FirstDayCurrentWeek,
    [Description("First day of current Month")]
    FirstDayCurrentMonth,
    [Description("First day of current Year")]
    FirstDayCurrentYear,

    [Description("First day of next Week")]
    FirstDayNextWeek,
    [Description("First day of next Month")]
    FirstDayNextMonth,
    [Description("First day of next Year")]
    FirstDayNextYear,

    [Description("Last day of previous Week")]
    LastDayPreviousWeek,
    [Description("Last day of previous Month")]
    LastDayPreviousMonth,
    [Description("Last day of previous Year")]
    LastDayPreviousYear,

    [Description("Last day of current Week")]
    LastDayCurrentWeek,
    [Description("Last day of current Month")]
    LastDayCurrentMonth,
    [Description("Last day of current Year")]
    LastDayCurrentYear,

    [Description("Last day of next Week")]
    LastDayNextWeek,
    [Description("Last day of next Month")]
    LastDayNextMonth,
    [Description("Last day of next Year")]
    LastDayNextYear,
  }
  /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
  public static class Dates
  {
    public static DateTime FirstDayOfMonth()
    {
      return FirstDayOfMonth(DateTime.Today).Date;
    }
    public static DateTime FirstDayOfMonth(DateTime dt)
    {
      return dt.AddDays(-1 * (dt.Day - 1)).Date;
    }
    public static DateTime FirstDayOfWeek()
    {
      return FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime.Today).Date;
    }
    public static DateTime FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime dt)
    {
      int dw = (int)dt.DayOfWeek;
      return dt.AddDays(-1 * dw).Date;
    }
    public static DateTime FirstDayOfYear()
    {
      return FirstDayOfYear(DateTime.Today).Date;
    }
    public static DateTime FirstDayOfYear(DateTime dt)
    {
      return FirstDayOfMonth(dt.AddMonths(-1 * (dt.Month - 1))).Date;
    }
    public static DateTime RelativeDateToAbsolute(RelativeDate RelativeType)
    {
      return RelativeDateToAbsolute(RelativeType, DateTime.Today).Date;
    }
    /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    public static DateTime RelativeDateToAbsolute(RelativeDate RelativeType, DateTime dt)
    {
      switch (RelativeType)
      {
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayCurrentMonth:
          return FirstDayOfMonth(dt).Date;
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayCurrentWeek:
          return FirstDayOfWeek(dt).Date;
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayCurrentYear:
          return FirstDayOfYear(dt).Date;
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayNextMonth:
          return FirstDayOfMonth(dt.AddMonths(1)).Date;
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayNextWeek:
          return FirstDayOfWeek(dt.AddDays(7)).Date;
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayNextYear:
          return FirstDayOfYear(dt.AddYears(1)).Date;
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayPreviousMonth:
          return FirstDayOfMonth(dt.AddMonths(-1)).Date;
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayPreviousWeek:
          return FirstDayOfWeek(dt.AddDays(-7)).Date;
        case RelativeDate.FirstDayPreviousYear:
          return FirstDayOfYear(dt.AddYears(-1)).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayCurrentMonth:
          return FirstDayOfMonth(dt.AddMonths(1)).AddDays(-1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayCurrentWeek:
          return FirstDayOfWeek(dt).AddDays(6).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayCurrentYear:
          return FirstDayOfYear(dt.AddYears(1)).AddDays(-1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayNextMonth:
          return FirstDayOfMonth(dt.AddMonths(2)).AddDays(-1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayNextWeek:
          return FirstDayOfWeek(dt.AddDays(14)).AddDays(-1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayNextYear:
          return FirstDayOfYear(dt.AddYears(2)).AddDays(-1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayPreviousMonth:
          return FirstDayOfMonth(dt).AddDays(-1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayPreviousWeek:
          return FirstDayOfWeek(dt).AddDays(-1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.LastDayPreviousYear:
          return FirstDayOfYear(dt).AddDays(-1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.Today:
          return dt.Date;
        case RelativeDate.Tomorrow:
          return dt.Date.AddDays(1).Date;
        case RelativeDate.Yesterday:
          return dt.Date.AddDays(-1).Date;
        default:
          throw new InvalidEnumArgumentException("RelativeType", (int)RelativeType, typeof(RelativeDate));
      }
    }
  }
}

[tig2810]

Ahh, I knew it would be something easy but all the extra Christmas chocolate must have got to me!

Thanks very much for the code too. That's one less google search!

Thanks!

[sknake]

You're welcome

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