Comparing Two Text Boxes having same year only.

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I have two text boxes in which the start date and end date is to be filled.The date, month can be different but the year should be same.So i just want to put a validation for the user that they should put the same year else a error message generate showing the year is not matching.

Posted 30-Dec-12 19:07pm

falque

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prashant patil 4987 · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-30T19:23:00

Solution 1

Try this..

C#

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    compareDate();
}
void compareDate()
{
    DateTime year1 = DateTime.Parse("13/8/2010"); //Date Format: dd/MM/yyyy
    DateTime year2 = DateTime.Parse("9/2/2012"); //Date Format: dd/MM/yyyy

    if (year1.Year != year2.Year)
    {
        ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this.Page, this.GetType(), "msg", "alert('Year is not matching!');", true);
    }
}

Posted 30-Dec-12 19:23pm

prashant patil 4987

Updated 30-Dec-12 19:26pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 31-Dec-12 1:34am

Basically, that's it, my 5. And if the time data is written in a different format, there are different forms of Parse or TryParse.
—SA

ridoy 31-Dec-12 1:41am

+5,but SA is right..TryParse would be a good one

prashant patil 4987 31-Dec-12 1:44am

ya... i agree with both of you SA and ridoy.. try parse is also good for parsing.

falque 31-Dec-12 7:48am

Thanks for the concern.Its working fine now but there is one more requirement as when the user put the value in the second text box it automatically compares the value of year in both the text boxes if its similar its ok else produce an error message showing the years are not mathching. Any help would be appreciated.Thanking You

prashant patil 4987 1-Jan-13 0:24am

@faique: can you clear your quetion?

falque 1-Jan-13 2:11am

On my page there are two text boxes for the user to fill start date and the end date the days and month can be different but the year should be the same.So i have put one validation for checking years on a submit button and its working fine.But now i want the event should be changed when the user fills the second textbox it checks in background and gives the error message without clicking on submit button.Something like autosearch in jquery. Any help would be appreciated.Thanking You

shiny13 · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-30T20:26:00

You have to first tell the user the format of date they will have to enter in the text box (such as 'dd/mm/yyyy'). Its best to instead use a DateTimePicker control instead of textbox because then the user will click and choose the date where as if the user enters a date in a textbox they can make a mistake.

if let's say you are using a textbox, then in the event handler method where you are using the input you can use the following code:

C#

DateTime dateTime1 = DateTime.Parse(textBox1.Text); //Where I suppose the user enters "dd/mm/yyyy" format of date
DateTime dateTime2 = DateTime.parse(textBox2.Text); //Second input of date value

//Comparing them
if (dateTime1.Year != dateTime.Year)
{
    //Some action
}

Hemant Singh Rautela · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-30T19:24:00

Solution 2

you can use like this for getting year from textbox data & then can compare easily...

C#

DateTime dt = "xx/xx/xxxx";//your date Convert.ToDate(TextBox1.Text)
int year1 = dt.Year;

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Posted 30-Dec-12 19:24pm

Hemant Singh Rautela

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falque 31-Dec-12 2:51am

Thanks for great help but whatever date format i m putting its giving an error message showing "String was not recognized as a valid DateTime".Please provide the solution.Thanking you

Hemant Singh Rautela 31-Dec-12 5:20am

you can use CalenderExtender control of ajaxtoolkit for picking date, Then it works perfectly. Default datetime format is (mm/dd/yyyy)

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