Need 1 year before

Soumya Ps

8y1.1k.NET

In my dropdown value i get the current year

ddlYear.Items.FindByValue(System.DateTime.Now.Year.ToString()).Selected = true;

but i want the dropdown shows 1 year back...that is now dropdown shows 2018.but i want to show it as 2017 how it possible?

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Nitin Sontakke8y ago
Accepted answer
For such minor things, first, just go through all methods/properties available to class/structure using intellisense. If you read it once, you will immediately get your answer there itself.

ddlYear.Items.FindByValue(System.DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1).Year.ToString()).Selected = true;

Of course, I am assuming that the value is there already in the dropdown list.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.addyears(v=vs.110).aspx
Nitin Sontakke8y ago
Please formally close the question. It is a good practise. You DO NOT have to accept my answer but please accept one close the thread.
Soumya Ps8y ago
Its Working...................Great Thnaks to All!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Satish Kumar Vadlavalli8y ago
you can use AddYears method and the code is something like
ddlYear.Items.FindByValue(System.DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1).ToString()).Selected = true;
Soumya Ps8y ago
I have three dropdown consist of year,month and date

when i changed the code to ddlYear.Items.FindByValue(System.DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1).ToString()).Selected = true;
three dropdown doesnt show any value ..and i change the three dropdown as
ddlYear.Items.FindByValue(System.DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1).ToString()).Selected = true;
ddlMonth.Items.FindByValue(System.DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-1).ToString()).Selected = true;
ddlMonth.Items.FindByValue(System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1).ToString()).Selected = true;

This also not working ..my dropdown shows nothing
Ravi Polara Patidar8y ago
Hello, Soumya

It's Possible.

You use this code like:

ddlYear.Items.FindByValue(System.DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1).ToString()).Selected = true