Subtraction Operator (DateTime, DateTime)
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DateTime.Subtraction Operator (DateTime, DateTime)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Subtracts a specified date and time from another specified date and time and returns a time interval.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Shared Operator - ( _
	d1 As DateTime, _
	d2 As DateTime _
) As TimeSpan

Parameters

d1
Type: System.DateTime
The date and time value to subtract from (the minuend).
d2
Type: System.DateTime
The date and time value to subtract (the subtrahend).

Return Value

Type: System.TimeSpan
The time interval between d1 and d2; that is, d1 minus d2.

The Subtraction(DateTime, DateTime) method does not consider the value of the Kind property of the two DateTime values when performing the subtraction. Before subtracting DateTime objects, ensure that the objects represent times in the same time zone. Otherwise, the result will include the difference between time zones.

NoteNote:

The DateTimeOffset.Subtraction(DateTimeOffset, DateTimeOffset) method does consider the difference between time zones when performing the subtraction.

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


Dim date1 As New System.DateTime(1996, 6, 3, 22, 15, 0)
Dim date2 As New System.DateTime(1996, 12, 6, 13, 2, 0)
Dim date3 As New System.DateTime(1996, 10, 12, 8, 42, 0)

Dim diff1 As System.TimeSpan
' diff1 gets 185 days, 14 hours, and 47 minutes.
diff1 = date2.Subtract(date1)

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

Dim diff2 As System.TimeSpan
' diff2 gets 55 days 4 hours and 20 minutes.
diff2 = System.DateTime.op_Subtraction(date2, date3)

Dim date5 As System.DateTime
' date5 gets 4/9/1996 5:55:00 PM.
date5 = System.DateTime.op_Subtraction(date1, diff2)


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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