Equivalent of Math.Min & Math.Max for Dates?

Question

What\'s the quickest and easiest way to get the Min (or Max) value between two dates? Is there an equivalent to Math.Min (& Math.Max) for dates?

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Answer 1

There's no built in method to do that. You can use the expression:

(date1 > date2 ? date1 : date2)

to find the maximum of the two.

You can write a generic method to calculate Min or Max for any type (provided that Comparer.Default is set appropriately):

public static T Max(T first, T second) {
    if (Comparer.Default.Compare(first, second) > 0)
        return first;
    return second;
}

You can use LINQ too:

new[]{date1, date2, date3}.Max()