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

Now that we have LINQ, you can create an array with your two values (DateTimes, TimeSpans, whatever) and then use the .Max() extension method.

var values = new[] { Date1, Date2 }; 
var max = values.Max(); 

It reads nice, it's as efficient as Max can be, and it's reusable for more than 2 values of comparison.

The whole problem below worrying about .Kind is a big deal... but I avoid that by never working in local times, ever. If I have something important regarding times, I always work in UTC, even if it means more work to get there.