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

How about:

public static T Min(params T[] values)
{
    if (values == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("values");
    var comparer = Comparer.Default;
    switch(values.Length) {
        case 0: throw new ArgumentException();
        case 1: return values[0];
        case 2: return comparer.Compare(values[0],values[1]) < 0
               ? values[0] : values[1];
        default:
            T best = values[0];
            for (int i = 1; i < values.Length; i++)
            {
                if (comparer.Compare(values[i], best) < 0)
                {
                    best = values[i];
                }
            }
            return best;
    }        
}
// overload for the common "2" case...
public static T Min(T x, T y)
{
    return Comparer.Default.Compare(x, y) < 0 ? x : y;
}

Works with any type that supports IComparable or IComparable.

Actually, with LINQ, another alternative is:

var min = new[] {x,y,z}.Min();