dropdownlist loading years

Have you not tried the simple route of current year -1, current year, current year +1 and current year +2?

Seems straightforward to me.

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DateTime.Now.Year.ToString()

for current year.
Just add and subtract as necessary.

void BindDropdown()
   {
       for (int i = -1; i <= 2; i++)
       {
           string date = DateTime.Now.AddYears(i).ToString();
           DropDownList1.Items.Add(date);

       }
   }

call it on form load event of a page

Try a function something like this

List<string> years = new List<string>();
           for (int i = -1; i <= 2; ++i)
           {
               years.Add(DateTime.Now.AddYears(i).ToString("yyyy"));
           }

Then you can bind your DropDownList to years

Hope this helps

Hi,

This is the same as the previous answers, but it uses another way of using a for-loop:

List<string> years = new List<string>();

for (DateTime date = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1); date <= DateTime.Now.AddYears(2); date = date.AddYears(1))
{
    years.Add(date.Year.ToString("yyyy"));
}

I found out that date-loops (also day- / month- / hour- / minute- loops) are possible this way and I just wanted to share this ;)


Hope this helps someone.


Best regards and happy coding,
Stops

I Use this code, just from now to 7 or 8 years back.

Me.ComboBox2.Items.Add(Convert.ToString(Convert.ToInt16(Year(DateTime.Now))))
Me.ComboBox2.Items.Add(Convert.ToString(Convert.ToInt16(Year(DateTime.Now)) - 1))
Me.ComboBox2.Items.Add(Convert.ToString(Convert.ToInt16(Year(DateTime.Now)) - 2))
Me.ComboBox2.Items.Add(Convert.ToString(Convert.ToInt16(Year(DateTime.Now)) - 3))
Me.ComboBox2.SelectedIndex = 0