Code Simplified – Viral Sarvaiya

After a long time i get time to post in my blog.

Few day ago i get very good function from my one of the good friend in my current company which finds difference between 2 dates.

Below is the class named “DateTimeSpan.cs”

using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;

public struct DateTimeSpan
{
  private readonly int m_years;
  private readonly int m_months;
  private readonly int m_days;
  private readonly int m_hours;
  private readonly int m_minutes;
  private readonly int m_seconds;

  private readonly int m_milliseconds;
  public DateTimeSpan(int years, int months, int days, int hours, int minutes, int seconds, int milliseconds)
  {
    this.m_years = years;
    this.m_months = months;
    this.m_days = days;
    this.m_hours = hours;
    this.m_minutes = minutes;
    this.m_seconds = seconds;
    this.m_milliseconds = milliseconds;
  }

  public int Years
  {
    get { return m_years; }
  }
  public int Months
  {
    get { return m_months; }
  }
  public int Days
  {
    get { return m_days; }
  }
  public int Hours
  {
    get { return m_hours; }
  }
  public int Minutes
  {
    get { return m_minutes; }
  }
  public int Seconds
  {
    get { return m_seconds; }
  }
  public int Milliseconds
  {
    get { return m_milliseconds; }
  }

  private enum Phase
  {
    Years,
    Months,
    Days,
    Done
  }

  public static DateTimeSpan CompareDates(DateTime date1, DateTime date2)
  {
    if (date2 < date1)
    {
      dynamic sub = date1;
      date1 = date2;
      date2 = sub;
    }

    DateTime current = date1;
    int years = 0;
    int months = 0;
    int days = 0;

    Phase phase__1 = Phase.Years;
    DateTimeSpan span = new DateTimeSpan();

    while (phase__1 != Phase.Done)
    {
      switch (phase__1)
      {
        case Phase.Years:
          if (current.AddYears(years + 1) > date2)
          {
            phase__1 = Phase.Months;
            current = current.AddYears(years);
          }
          else
          {
            years += 1;
          }
          break; // TODO: might not be correct. Was : Exit Select
        break;

        case Phase.Months:
          if (current.AddMonths(months + 1) > date2)
          {
            phase__1 = Phase.Days;
            current = current.AddMonths(months);
          }
          else
          {
            months += 1;
          }
          break; // TODO: might not be correct. Was : Exit Select
        break;

        case Phase.Days:
          if (current.AddDays(days + 1) > date2)
          {
            current = current.AddDays(days);
            dynamic timespan = date2 - current;
            span = new DateTimeSpan(years, months, days, timespan.Hours, timespan.Minutes, timespan.Seconds, timespan.Milliseconds);
            phase__1 = Phase.Done;
          }
          else
          {
            days += 1;
          }
          break; // TODO: might not be correct. Was : Exit Select
        break;
       }
    }
    return span;
  }
}

Now in default.aspx page i am using this structure to get difference between 2 dates as below.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  DateTimeSpan datetimespan = new DateTimeSpan(); // Create object of constructer to get difference.

  string date1 = "3-May-2013 9:26:10.011 AM";  //Date 1
  string date2 = "4-June-2014 6:50:20.136 PM";  // date2
  datetimespan = DateTimeSpan.CompareDates(Convert.ToDateTime(date1), Convert.ToDateTime(date2));  //Call static function of DateTimeSpan structure. which return difference of 2 dates.

  Response.Write("Date 1 : " + date1 + "  <br>");
  Response.Write("Date 2 : " + date2 + " <br><br>");

  Response.Write("Years : " + datetimespan.Years + "<br>");
  Response.Write("Months : " + datetimespan.Months + "<br>");
  Response.Write("Days : " + datetimespan.Days + "<br>");
  Response.Write("Hours : " + datetimespan.Hours + "<br>");
  Response.Write("Minutes : " + datetimespan.Minutes + "<br>");
  Response.Write("Seconds : " + datetimespan.Seconds + "<br>");
  Response.Write("Milliseconds : " + datetimespan.Milliseconds + "<br>");

}

This will give difference in all possible ways as below output.

Hope this will helps you.
Thanks.