Compare date in asp.net

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I want to create a project where one datetime field is there.

If user posted a comment then it show the time and date of the comment.
But i want the code where it compares the comment date to todays date and view the result like 1 days ago, 2 days ago etc.

Please help me.

Thanks in Advance

Posted 20-May-11 20:01pm

rahul dev123

Updated 20-May-11 21:29pm

Ramalinga Koushik

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Sanjay J Patolia · Answer 1 · 2011-05-20T20:10:00

Solution 1

Firstly, you will be having a date of comment posted right? Ex: PostedDate

secondly, you can fetch today's date. using DateTime.Now. Ex: CurrentDate

Finally, Compare it using

TimeSpan t = CurrentDate.Substract(PostedDate);

Now, say

t.Days to get difference :)

Thanks

Posted 20-May-11 20:10pm

Sanjay J Patolia

Updated 20-May-11 21:30pm

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rahul dev123 21-May-11 2:21am

Thanks for your solution but i want to use in datalist in source code here how can i do that? I retrieve data from database using datalist and view those data using Eval function. So how can i do that in source code.

Mohd Wasif · Answer 2 · 2011-05-20T21:17:00

Solution 2

this is quite simple:

just write query as:

select datediff(d,getdate(),date)

as date from tablename

and bind in Datalist:

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "date")%>

Posted 20-May-11 21:17pm

Mohd Wasif

Updated 20-May-11 21:30pm

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rahul dev123 21-May-11 3:54am

If the comment is posted 1 hour ago then it show 0 days ago.I want to show 1 hour ago

Mohd Wasif 21-May-11 4:11am

select datediff(hh,getdate(),date)
then use it you will get