by jask2002
1. June 2012 23:36
Working with following code on DateTime AddDays operation I found end result is not the addition of days!!
int increment = 5;
DateTime now = DateTime.Now; //Current Date
now.AddDays(increment); //Increment by 5 days
Console.WriteLine("Today's date:" + DateTime.Now);
Console.WriteLine("New Date:" + now.ToString());
To my surprise it returned New Date without adding 5 days to the Current Date
Then I change the printing line to
//Console.WriteLine("New Date:" + now.ToString());//Commented it out
Console.WriteLine("New Date:" + now.AddDays(increment).ToString());
I went back on MSDN for DateTime.AddDays Method
Remarks
“This method does not change the value of this DateTime. Instead, a new DateTime is returned whose value is the result of this operation.”
So I change my code for assignment of returned DateTime to the now variable
int increment = 5;
DateTime now = DateTime.Now; //Current Date
now = now.AddDays(increment); //Increment by 5 days
Peace! 
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Tags: DateTime.AddDays, AddMonths
C# | .Net | DateTime
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