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Change DateTime To A Friendly Name
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David Mccarter
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Here is a simple extension method to convert a DateTime type to a friendly name like "Today" or "Yesterday," as you see in some file browsers.
public
static
string ToFriendlyDateString(
this
DateTime input)
{
var
formattedDate = string.Empty;
if
(input.Date == DateTime.Today)
{
formattedDate = nameof(DateTime.Today);
}
else
{
formattedDate = input.Date == DateTime.Today.AddDays(-1) ?
"Yesterday"
:
input.Date > DateTime.Today.AddDays(-6) ?
input.ToString(
"dddd"
).ToString() :
input.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.LongDatePattern,
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
}
formattedDate +=
" @ "
+ input.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.LongTimePattern,
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture).ToLower();
return
formattedDate;
}
You can find this code and lots more in my
dotNetTips.Utility
open source project.
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