C# newbie: calculate days remaining to a birthday?

Question

Hello,

I have a DateTime object with a person's birthday. I created this object using the person's year, month and day of birth, in the following way:

DateTime date = new DateTime(year, month, day);

I would like to know how many days are remaining before this person's next birthday. What is the best way to do so in C# (I'm new to the language)?

Thanks

Answer 1

// birthday is a DateTime containing the birthday

DateTime today = DateTime.Today;
DateTime next = new DateTime(today.Year,birthday.Month,birthday.Day);

if (next < today)
    next = next.AddYears(1);

int numDays = (next - today).Days;

Answer 2

Try this method

private int GetDaysBeforeBirthday(DateTime birthdate)
{
    DateTime nextBday = new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, birthdate.Month, birthdate.Day);
    if (DateTime.Today > nextBday)
        nextBday = nextBday.AddYears(1);
    return (nextBday - DateTime.Today).Days;
}

just pass your birthdate and it will return the remaining days before your next birthday