DayPilot » Knowledge Base » How to determine the first day of week (ASP.NET)

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms contains a helper class that calculates the date of the first day of week from any date.

DayPilotCalendar1.StartDate = DayPilot.Utils.Week.FirstDayOfWeek();

There are several methods/signatures you can call:

• Week.FirstDayOfWeek() - first day of this week, using the current culture settings
• Week.FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime day) - first day of a week that contains the specified day, using the current culture settings
• Week.FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime day, DayOfWeek weekStarts) - first day of a week that contains a specified day, using weekStarts as the first day of week
• Week.FirstWorkingDayOfWeek(DateTime day) - first Monday of the specified week

The source code:

/// <summary>
/// Helper class for determining first day of week.
/// </summary>
public class Week
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Gets the first day of this week. Based on current culture.
  /// </summary>
  /// <returns></returns>
  public static DateTime FirstDayOfWeek()
  {
    return FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime.Today);
  }

  /// <summary>
  /// Gets the first day of a week where day (parameter) belongs. Based on current culture.
  /// </summary>
  /// <returns></returns>
  public static DateTime FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime day)
  {
    return FirstDayOfWeek(day, Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek);
  }

  /// <summary>
  /// Gets the first day of a week where day (parameter) belongs. weekStart (parameter) specifies the starting day of week.
  /// </summary>
  /// <returns></returns> 
  public static DateTime FirstDayOfWeek(DateTime day, DayOfWeek weekStarts)
  {
    DateTime d = day;
    while (d.DayOfWeek != weekStarts)
    {
      d = d.AddDays(-1);
    }

    return d;
  }

  /// <summary>
  /// Returns Monday of the week where day (parameter) belongs.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="day"></param>
  /// <returns></returns>
  public static DateTime FirstWorkingDayOfWeek(DateTime day)
  {
    return FirstDayOfWeek(day, DayOfWeek.Monday);
  }
}