C# not inferring overloaded method via return type

Question

I\'m writing a C# programlet to crawl a directory and give me a listing of files whose date in the last CSV line is less than the current date. Since this is a programlet, I\'m

Answer 1

There is always a way to hammer it into place, unfortunately:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        object stringDate = "";
        object dateTime = new DateTime();
        DateUtils.DateStringGetter(ref stringDate);
        DateUtils.DateStringGetter(ref dateTime);
    }
}

public static class DateUtils
{
    private static DateTime DateStringConverter(string mmddyyyy, char delim = '/')
    {
        string[] date = mmddyyyy.Split(delim);
        DateTime fileTime = new DateTime(Convert.ToInt32(date[2]), Convert.ToInt32(date[0]),
            Convert.ToInt32(date[1]));
        return fileTime;
    }

    public static void DateStringGetter(ref object date)
    {
        string sYear = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString();
        string sMonth = DateTime.Now.Month.ToString().PadLeft(2, '0');
        string sDay = DateTime.Now.Day.ToString().PadLeft(2, '0');

        if (date is String)
        {
            date = sMonth + '/' + sDay + '/' + sYear;
        }

        if (date is DateTime)
        {
            date = DateStringConverter(sMonth + '/' + sDay + '/' + sYear);
        }

    }
}