How to set an expiry date for an account

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Basically, i have a database and im creating an insert method in c# that inserts a record into a member table

I have inserted the firstname, surname, email address etc but i want to insert an expiry date

Now i want it so its 3 years from the day they registered.

Is there a way to do this?

as simple as you possibly can, im a very very big newbie.

Posted 18-Feb-14 13:28pm

Chris_Burns

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ZurdoDev · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-18T13:41:00

Solution 1

There are some good Date/Time examples at http://www.dotnetperls.com/datetime[^]

For your case, you can do:

C#

DateTime expiryDate = DateTime.Today.AddYears(3);

And then add expiryDate to your sql that saves it into the table.

Posted 18-Feb-14 13:41pm

ZurdoDev

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[no name] 18-Feb-14 20:37pm

You're a genius, the most simplest thing ever!!! haha was expecting some complex sh*t to be posted, but man you seriously just saved me hours and hours haha.. thanks mate, helps sooo much :)
5*

ZurdoDev 18-Feb-14 21:14pm

Let intellisense teach you. :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Feb-14 21:15pm

Amazing level of OP satisfaction... :-)
5ed... :-)
—SA

thatraja 19-Feb-14 2:20am

5!

Andrius Leonavicius 19-Feb-14 16:27pm

+5P.S. OP's comment improved my mood. :)