Checking if 3 days have passed

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Hey, i'm trying to compare 2 dates to see if it has been 3 days. I'm using UTC time for this. For some reason it is not working and I am continuing to scratch my head why.

What I have tried:

DateTime time = DateTime.Parse("6/20/2018 4:38:26 AM");

if (DateTime.UtcNow > time.AddDays(3))

If someone could help me out with that if statement, that would be great!

Posted 13-Jun-18 18:43pm

User 13632454

Updated 13-Jun-18 19:22pm

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The comparison looks fine and behaves as expected on my machine.

The interpretation of the date could be the problem. It parses the date based on the date settings of your computer. On my computer (Dutch, nl-NL) it throws an exception unless I either:

- Change the format:

DateTime time = DateTime.Parse("20-06-2018 04:38:26");

- Set the thread culture to en-US:

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");

Posted 13-Jun-18 19:24pm

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Steve Mayfield · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-13T19:19:00

Solution 1

Maybe try this:

if (DateTime.Compare(DateTime.UtcNow, time.AddDays(3)) > 0)

Posted 13-Jun-18 19:19pm

Steve Mayfield

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[no name] 14-Jun-18 1:22am

Alright, thank you. Turns out I was being a complete fool as the other code was working too. I kept moving the date forward instead of backwards...