Рассмотрим эти методы расширения.
public static class ValidatedDateTimeOperations
{
public static bool TrySubtract (this DateTime dateTime, TimeSpan span, out DateTime result)
{
if (span < TimeSpan.Zero)
return TryAdd (dateTime, -span, out result);
if (dateTime.Ticks >= span.Ticks)
{
result = dateTime - span;
return true;
}
result = DateTime.MinValue;
return false;
}
public static bool TryAdd (this DateTime dateTime, TimeSpan span, out DateTime result)
{
if (span < TimeSpan.Zero)
return TrySubtract (dateTime, -span, out result);
if (DateTime.MaxValue.Ticks - span.Ticks >= dateTime.Ticks)
{
result = dateTime + span;
return true;
}
result = DateTime.MaxValue;
return false;
}
}
Можно назвать так:
DateTime result;
if (DateTime.MinValue.TrySubtract (TimeSpan.FromDays(1), out result)
{
// Subtraction succeeded.
}