C# DateTime Subtract(DateTime)

Description

DateTime Subtract(DateTime) subtracts the specified date and time from this instance.

Syntax

DateTime.Subtract(DateTime) has the following syntax.


public TimeSpan Subtract(
  DateTime value
)

Parameters

DateTime.Subtract(DateTime) has the following parameters.

value - The date and time value to subtract.

Returns

DateTime.Subtract(DateTime) method returns A time interval that is equal to the date and time represented by this instance minus the date and time represented by value.

Example

The following example demonstrates the Subtract method and the subtraction operator.


using System;// w  w  w .  j a va  2 s  .co  m
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    
            System.DateTime date1 = new System.DateTime(1996, 6, 3, 22, 15, 0);
      System.DateTime date2 = new System.DateTime(1996, 12, 6, 13, 2, 0);
      System.DateTime date3 = new System.DateTime(1996, 10, 12, 8, 42, 0);

      // diff1 gets 185 days, 14 hours, and 47 minutes.
      System.TimeSpan diff1 = date2.Subtract(date1);

      // date4 gets 4/9/1996 5:55:00 PM.
      System.DateTime date4 = date3.Subtract(diff1);

      // diff2 gets 55 days 4 hours and 20 minutes.
      System.TimeSpan diff2 = date2 - date3;

      // date5 gets 4/9/1996 5:55:00 PM.
      System.DateTime date5 = date1 - diff2;


  }
}

The code above generates the following result.