Fuzzy Date Time Picker Control in C# .NET?

Question

I am implementing a Fuzzy Date control in C# for a winforms application. The Fuzzy Date should be able to take fuzzy values like

• Last June
• 2 Hours ago

Answer 1

We have a similar control. We just add a list of combo boxes - controls to pick your choice.

PeriodSelector:

• From [datepicker] Until [datepicker]
• [numericupdown] months ago
• [numericupdown] hours ago
• Last week
• Yesterday
• Week [datepicker]
• Day [datepicker]
• ...

And just take the choices that make sense for your purpose.

It's a lot easier to implement this then parsing the text. The calculations are rather straightforward.

It's important to see that you are picking a period. Last year means from january 2008 > december 2008. Two hours ago from now untill now - 2 hours. Etc.