Get last/next week Wednesday date in C#

Question

How would I get last week Wednesday and next week Wednesday\'s date in C#:

public Form1()
{
   InitializeComponent();
   CurrentDate.Text = \"Today\'s Date: \" +         


        

Answer 1

Here is a one-liner to accomplish the same. It is somewhat mind-boggling to understand how that actually works but it does:

Getting next Wednesday:

 dt.AddDays(-(int)(dt.AddDays(-4).DayOfWeek) + 6);

Getting last Wednesday

 dt.AddDays(-(int)(dt.AddDays(-3).DayOfWeek));

In both cases, it will return the day itself when it is Wednesday. This works for any weekdays, just adjust the number in the AddDays() call. For example for Friday:

Getting next Friday

 dt.AddDays(-(int)(dt.AddDays(-6).DayOfWeek) + 6);

Getting last Friday

 dt.AddDays(-(int)(dt.AddDays(-5).DayOfWeek));