Get Maximum Date using C# LINQ

 Get Maximum Date using C# LINQ

This example gets maximum/highest date from list of dates.

DateTime.Parse,  is used to Parse Date Strings  converts it into DateTime Object.
DateTime Custom Format:
         yyyy   is for four digit year
         MMM for  Month in Short form
         dd  is for Day .


  void GetMaxDate()
       {
           String[] szDates = new String[] { "2013-jan-12",
               "2013-Mar-12", "2013-Feb-12",
               "2013-Apr-12", "2013-Oct-12","2013-Oct-12","2013-Nov-1",
               "2012-DEC-31"};
         
          
           var MaxDate = from dt in szDates
                          let custDt = DateTime.ParseExact(dt, "yyyy-MMM-%d",
                       System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture)
                       orderby  custDt.Date descending
                       select dt;

            foreach(var u in MaxDate)
           Console.WriteLine("{0}",u);

            Console.WriteLine("Maxdate={0}",MaxDate.FirstOrDefault());
       }

OUTPUT:

2013-Nov-1
2013-Oct-12
2013-Oct-12
2013-Apr-12
2013-Mar-12
2013-Feb-12
2013-jan-12
2012-DEC-31
Maxdate=2013-Nov-1
LINQ let clause allows us to store temporary results in query sequence evaluation.
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