"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

> Arne <A***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > DateTime.Compare is always returning -1. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Dim today As DateTime = DateTime.Now
> > Dim temp As Integer
> > Dim endPeopleRegDate As DateTime
> > endPeopleRegDate = Convert.ToDateTime("10/5/2005 23:59:59")
> > temp = DateTime.Compare(today, EndPeopleRegDate)
> > today = Date.Now.AddMonths(1)
> > temp = DateTime.Compare(today, EndPeopleRegDate)
> > today = Date.Now.AddMonths(-5)
> > temp = DateTime.Compare(today, EndPeopleRegDate)
>
> Hmm - works for me, even if I change the 10/5 to 5/10 (I don't know
> what culture you're in - 10/5/2005 means the 10th of May to me, but it
> may mean the 5th of October to you).
>
> Could you post a short but complete program which demonstrates the
> problem?
>
> See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/complete.html for details of
> what I mean by that.
>
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