Question

I need help to display something like this. If you recognize, this our membership duration of Stack Overflow account.

member for  2 years, 3 months

I need a slight modification in the same. My conditions and display format are as follows:

  Conditions              Display Format
1. Below 7 days  ->       Days (5 days)
2. 7 -30 days    ->       Weeks, days   ( 2 Weeks, 3 Days) in case of 17 days.
3. 30 - 365      ->       Months, Weeks, Days (4Months, 2Weeks, 2Days) in case of 136 days
3. 365 or grter  ->       Years, Months only (2years, 3 Months)

What I did:

I am using Timespan to get the date difference. But I am not satisfied with my output. I have a member whose registration’s going to 2 months old after 2-3 days, but still its showing 1 month ago. Here is my code:

 TimeSpan ts = DateTime.Now - Convert.ToDateTime(company.RegistrationDate);

                 if (ts.Days > 365)
                    membersince.InnerText = string.Format("{0} years", (ts.Days / 365));
                else if (ts.Days < 30)
                    membersince.InnerText = string.Format("{0} days", ts.Days);
                     else if(ts.Days > 30)
                    membersince.InnerText = string.Format("{0} months", (ts.Days/30));

Answer 1

You can use the DateDiff class of the Time Period Library for .NET library:

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
public void DateDiffSample()
{
  DateTime date1 = new DateTime( 2009, 11, 8, 7, 13, 59 );
  Console.WriteLine( "Date1: {0}", date1 );
  // > Date1: 08.11.2009 07:13:59
  DateTime date2 = new DateTime( 2011, 3, 20, 19, 55, 28 );
  Console.WriteLine( "Date2: {0}", date2 );
  // > Date2: 20.03.2011 19:55:28

  DateDiff dateDiff = new DateDiff( date1, date2 );

  // elapsed
  Console.WriteLine( "DateDiff.ElapsedYears: {0}", dateDiff.ElapsedYears );
  // > DateDiff.ElapsedYears: 1
  Console.WriteLine( "DateDiff.ElapsedMonths: {0}", dateDiff.ElapsedMonths );
  // > DateDiff.ElapsedMonths: 4
  Console.WriteLine( "DateDiff.ElapsedDays: {0}", dateDiff.ElapsedDays );
  // > DateDiff.ElapsedDays: 12
  Console.WriteLine( "DateDiff.ElapsedHours: {0}", dateDiff.ElapsedHours );
  // > DateDiff.ElapsedHours: 12
  Console.WriteLine( "DateDiff.ElapsedMinutes: {0}", dateDiff.ElapsedMinutes );
  // > DateDiff.ElapsedMinutes: 41
  Console.WriteLine( "DateDiff.ElapsedSeconds: {0}", dateDiff.ElapsedSeconds );
  // > DateDiff.ElapsedSeconds: 29
} // DateDiffSample