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DayPilot - Building an Outlook-Like Calendar Component for ASP.NET

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A good-looking ASP.NET control that shows events visually arranged in a day calendar. Includes design-time support and data binding.
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Threading;

namespace DayPilot.Utils
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper class for week manipulation and formatting.
    /// </summary>
    public class Week
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the first day of this week. Based on current culture.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DateTime FirstDayOfWeek()
        {
            return FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime.Today);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the first day of a week where day (parameter) belongs. Based on current culture.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DateTime FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime day)
        {
            return FirstDayOfWeek(day, Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the first day of a week where day (parameter) belongs. weekStart (parameter) specifies the starting day of week.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns> 
        public static DateTime FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime day, DayOfWeek weekStarts)
        {
            DateTime d = day;
            while (d.DayOfWeek != weekStarts)
            {
                d = d.AddDays(-1);
            }

            return d;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns Monday of the week where day (parameter) belongs.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="day"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DateTime FirstWorkingDayOfWeek(DateTime day)
        {
            return FirstDayOfWeek(day, DayOfWeek.Monday);
        }


        // http://konsulent.sandelien.no/VB_help/Week/
        // just for Monday being the first day of week
        /// <summary>
        /// Calculates week number for the specified date according to ISO 8601.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="date"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static int WeekNrISO8601(DateTime date)
        {
            bool ThursdayFlag = false;
            int DayOfYear = date.DayOfYear;

            int StartWeekDayOfYear =
                 (int)(new DateTime(date.Year, 1, 1)).DayOfWeek;
            int EndWeekDayOfYear =
                 (int)(new DateTime(date.Year, 12, 31)).DayOfWeek;

            if (StartWeekDayOfYear == 0)
                StartWeekDayOfYear = 7;
            if (EndWeekDayOfYear == 0)
                EndWeekDayOfYear = 7;

            int DaysInFirstWeek = 8 - (StartWeekDayOfYear);

            if (StartWeekDayOfYear == 4 || EndWeekDayOfYear == 4)
                ThursdayFlag = true;

            int FullWeeks = (int)Math.Ceiling((DayOfYear - (DaysInFirstWeek)) / 7.0);

            int WeekNumber = FullWeeks;

            if (DaysInFirstWeek >= 4)
                WeekNumber = WeekNumber + 1;

            if (WeekNumber > 52 && !ThursdayFlag)
                WeekNumber = 1;

            if (WeekNumber == 0)
                WeekNumber = WeekNrISO8601(new DateTime(date.Year - 1, 12, 31));
            return WeekNumber;
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Returns day names (using current culture).
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static ArrayList GetDayNames()
        {
            return GetDayNames("dddd");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns day names (using current culture).
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="format">Corresponds to DateTime.ToString() formats. "DD" is also available (first two characters of short day name).</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static ArrayList GetDayNames(string format)
        {
            ArrayList result = new ArrayList();
            DateTime start = new DateTime(2006, 12, 31); // Sunday
            for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
            {
                // this uses the current culture
                string name;
                if (format == "DD")
                {
                    name = start.AddDays(i).ToString("ddd").Substring(0, 2);
                }
                else
                {
                    name = start.AddDays(i).ToString(format);
                }


                result.Add(name);
            }
            return result;
        }

    }
}

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