C# Sharp Exercises: Compares two dates

C# Sharp DateTime: Exercise-16 with Solution

Write a C# Sharp program that compares two dates.

Sample Solution:-

C# Sharp Code:

using System;

public class Example16
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      DateTime date1 = new DateTime(2016, 8, 1, 0, 0, 0);
      DateTime date2 = new DateTime(2016, 8, 1, 12, 0, 0);
      int result = DateTime.Compare(date1, date2);
      string relationship;

      if (result < 0)
         relationship = "is earlier than";
      else if (result == 0)
         relationship = "is the same time as";         
      else
         relationship = "is later than";

      Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2}", date1, relationship, date2);
   }
}

Sample Output:

8/1/2016 12:00:00 AM is earlier than 8/1/2016 12:00:00 PM  

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