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How do I get the date of the friday before the last monday of the month?
For example, say in May, the date of last monday is 28th.
The friday before that is 25th. How is this calculated please?
Thanks

Posted 29-May-12 5:59am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-May-12 12:01pm

What did you try so far? There are no any special secret, you can just think of a simple algorithm to get it.
--SA

Sandeep Mewara 29-May-12 12:19pm

Did you try?

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-05-29T06:27:00

Solution 1

Have a look at this: DateTime extensions for to make some simple tasks a little more readable[^] - it should cover what you want, with a little tweaking.

Posted 29-May-12 6:27am

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OriginalGriff 29-May-12 12:40pm

I notice that the tip was missing a method:

/// <summary>
/// Returns the last day in the current month
/// </summary>
/// <example>
/// DateTime endOfMonth = DateTime.Now.LastDayOfMonth();
/// </example>
/// <param name="dt" />Start date
/// <returns></returns>
public static DateTime LastOfMonth(this DateTime dt)
{
int daysInMonth = DateTime.DaysInMonth(dt.Year, dt.Month);
return dt.FirstOfMonth().AddDays(daysInMonth - 1).AtMidnight();
}

Unfortunately, I didn't get the email saying it was missing! I have added it to a new version, which should be approved soon, but here it is anyway.

Maciej Los 29-May-12 12:42pm

Good article, OriginalGriff ;)
+5!