Is there any easy way to increment a DateTime by monthly/yearly/daily units without having to parse it out like crazy?

Question

I need to set up billing cycles and process payments. So for example I will process a payment immediately and then set the next one up to process exactly one month from then

Answer 1

The aptly-named "AddMonths" method comes immediately to mind.

Answer 2

DateTime has a set of Add methods such as:

• AddYears
• AddMonths
• AddDays
• AddHours
• AddMonths

etc.

More information at DateTime methods.

Answer 3

Try this:

DateTime myDateTime = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(1);

Answer 4

If you ever need to work with Quarter or WeekOfYear, Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.dateandtime_members.aspx

Otherwise, System.DateTime does everything you would typically need.