Converting a int to a BCD byte array

Question

I want to convert an int to a byte[2] array using BCD.

The int in question will come from DateTime representing the Year and must be converted to two bytes.

Answer 1

Here is a slightly cleaner version then Jeffrey's

static byte[] IntToBCD(int input)
{
    if (input > 9999 || input < 0)
        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("input");

    int thousands = input / 1000;
    int hundreds = (input -= thousands * 1000) / 100;
    int tens = (input -= hundreds * 100) / 10;
    int ones = (input -= tens * 10);

    byte[] bcd = new byte[] {
        (byte)(thousands << 4 | hundreds),
        (byte)(tens << 4 | ones)
    };

    return bcd;
}