How to make a calendar in C# window form, which changes automatically its date after each day?

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If you see windows 7's date in task bar it changes date automatically after each day. I need the same concept in my c# window form.

For example:
Today is 10/27/2017 when I open my c# form today my form calendar date must set to 10/27/2017,when I open my form tomorrow my from calendar date must set to be 10/28/2017.and so on....
Howe can I set my c# window form calendar like that concept.

Note: I don't want to use system date like: DateTime.Now

What I have tried:

MonthCalendar1.TodayDate = new System.DateTime(2017, 10, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);

Posted 1-Nov-17 20:00pm

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Karthik_Mahalingam 2-Nov-17 2:11am

try

 var date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-6);

Member 13493074 2-Nov-17 3:29am

Thanks if I use var date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-6); does the date in my application calendar changes after each day, even if the user changes it is system date.
Example: if var date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-6) set my calendar date to 11/2/2017 and then the user changes his system date, does these changes in system date affect my Application calendar or not.
Thanks again from your help.

Karthik_Mahalingam 2-Nov-17 3:31am

No, it picks the reference date from system, but if you can store the reference date in the app.config file or settings file or read from the server if your app has internet access.

ZurdoDev 2-Nov-17 8:17am

I suggest posting as solution.

Karthik_Mahalingam 2-Nov-17 8:34am

Still the OP has some confusion with the query.

Mehdi Gholam 2-Nov-17 2:29am

What's wrong with DateTime.Now ?

Member 13493074 2-Nov-17 3:16am

if I use DateTime.Now and the user change his system date it effect my application calendar too.

Mehdi Gholam 2-Nov-17 3:19am

Then get the date from your server.

Ralf Meier 2-Nov-17 3:21am

??? If you don't trust your System-DateTime then you should make sure that your System has allways the correct DateTime - for example TimeServer ...
Or you prevent that the user can change this settings by permissions ...

Richard MacCutchan 2-Nov-17 5:09am

And so it should.

ZurdoDev 2-Nov-17 8:17am

I agree with Richard. If the user changes their date time then your app should respect that. They may be fixing the date time so why would you want your app to act differently?

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