How to GET yesterday’s Date using C#

Today in this article we shall see , how to get yesterday’s date using C# code.

Approach I

 var yestedaysDay = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);

This will give you the exact day with a timestamp of yesterday (24 hours behind the current time).

6/1/2020 5:34:48 PM

If you need any other format of dates, then format the date in a format of your choice using below.

Example 1

var yestedaysDay = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

"2021-06-01"

Example 2

var yestedaysDay = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1).ToString("MM-dd-yyyy");

“06-01-2021”

Approach II

var yestedaysDay = DateTime.Today.AddDays(-1);

This will give you the exact day with a timestamp 12:00:00 of yesterday.

6/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

References

• MongoDB – Date Range or Timestamp query examples

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