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Calculate next occurrence of an event
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<Query Kind="Program" /> | |
void Main() | |
{ | |
const int NumberOfDaysInAWeek = 7; | |
var firstRun = new DateTime(2016, 3, 2, 3, 25, 30); | |
var ocurrenceInterval = TimeSpan.FromDays(2 * NumberOfDaysInAWeek); | |
var now = new DateTime(2016, 03, 07); | |
var next = CalculateNextEventOccurrence(firstRun, now, ocurrenceInterval); | |
next.Dump(); | |
} | |
// Define other methods and classes here | |
private DateTime CalculateNextEventOccurrence(DateTime firstOcurrence, DateTime referenceValue, TimeSpan ocurrenceInterval) | |
{ | |
checked | |
{ | |
var difference = referenceValue - firstOcurrence; | |
var ocurrenceIntervalTicks = ocurrenceInterval.Ticks; | |
var nextOcurrenceNumber = (long)Math.Ceiling((double)difference.Ticks/ocurrenceIntervalTicks); | |
var nextOcurrence = firstOcurrence.AddTicks(ocurrenceIntervalTicks * nextOcurrenceNumber); | |
return nextOcurrence; | |
} | |
} |
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