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Find the count of a weekday between two dates without iterating/looping

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10 Nov 2011CPOL 15K   3
How about this?public static class ExtendDateTime{ public int CountWeekDays(this DateTime thisdate, DateTime thatDate) { int days = Math.Abs((thisDate - thatDate).Days) + 1; return = ((days/7) * 5) + (days % 7); }}Usage would be like this:DateTime...
How about this?
C#
public static class ExtendDateTime
{
    public int CountWeekDays(this DateTime thisdate, DateTime thatDate)
    {
        int days = Math.Abs((thisDate - thatDate).Days) + 1;
        return = ((days/7) * 5) + (days % 7);
    }
}

Usage would be like this:
C#
DateTime startDate = new DateTime(2011, 11, 1);
int weekdays = startDate.CountWeekDays(new DateTime(2011, 11, 30));


BTW, if you haven't noticed, this extension method works whether the date being compared occurs in the future OR in the past.

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GeneralProblem With Code Is this run with C#.Net 2.0 or Only Run i... Pin
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GeneralThis will not count a week day occurrences between two dates... Pin
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