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c#datetime

Determine if DateTime is in a given Date Range

Aries          March 21 to April 20.
Taurus         April 21 to May 20.
Gemini         May 21 to June 21.

I need to print the Astrological sign of a user by getting the user's birth month and the date as inputs. How can I get the date range?

EX: March 21 to April 20

Solution

  • You don't actually need to construct a datetime range to solve this. A simple switch statement based on the month with a simple if statement for each month that returns one of two star signs will suffice.

       e.g
     switch (month)
     {
       case 1:
          if (day <20) return "Capricorn"; else return "Aquarius";
          break;
       case 2:
          ...