DateTime.Subtract Method (TimeSpan)

This method does not change the value of this DateTime. Instead, it returns a new DateTime whose value is the result of this operation.

Ordinarily, the DateTime.Subtract(TimeSpan) method subtracts a TimeSpan object that represents a positive time span and returns a DateTime value that is earlier than the date and time of the current instance. However, if the TimeSpan object represents a negative time span, the DateTime.Subtract(TimeSpan) method returns a DateTime value that is later than the date and time of the current instance.

The DateTime.Subtract(TimeSpan) method allows you to subtract a time interval that consists of more than one unit of time (such as a given number of hours and a given number of minutes). To subtract a single unit of time (such as years, months, or days) from the DateTime instance, you can pass a negative numeric value as a parameter to any of the following methods:

• AddYears, to subtract a specific number of years from the current date and time instance.

• AddMonths, to subtract a specific number of months from the current date and time instance.

• AddDays, to subtract a specific number of days from the current date and time instance.

• AddHours, to subtract a specific number of hours from the current date and time instance.

• AddMinutes, to subtract a specific number of minutes from the current date and time instance.

• AddSeconds, to subtract a specific number of seconds from the current date and time instance.

• AddMilliseconds, to subtract a specific number of milliseconds from the current date and time instance.

• AddTicks, to subtract a specific number of ticks from the current date and time instance.

The following example demonstrates the Subtract method and the subtraction operator.

			System.DateTime date1 = new System.DateTime(1996, 6, 3, 22, 15, 0);
			System.DateTime date2 = new System.DateTime(1996, 12, 6, 13, 2, 0);
			System.DateTime date3 = new System.DateTime(1996, 10, 12, 8, 42, 0);

			// diff1 gets 185 days, 14 hours, and 47 minutes.
			System.TimeSpan diff1 = date2.Subtract(date1);

			// date4 gets 4/9/1996 5:55:00 PM.
			System.DateTime date4 = date3.Subtract(diff1);

			// diff2 gets 55 days 4 hours and 20 minutes.
			System.TimeSpan diff2 = date2 - date3;

			// date5 gets 4/9/1996 5:55:00 PM.
			System.DateTime date5 = date1 - diff2;

.NET Framework

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Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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