C# attribute to check whether one date is earlier than the other

Question

I have a ViewModel for my MVC4 Prject containing two DateTime properties:

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[DataType(DataType.Date)]
public DateTime RentDate { get; set; }

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[DataType(DataType.Date)]
public DateTime ReturnDate { get; set; }

Is there a simple way to use C# attributes as [Compare("someProperty")] to check weather the value of RentDate property is earlier than the value of ReturnDate?

Answer 1

It looks like you're using DataAnnotations so another alternative is to implement IValidatableObject in the view model:

public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(ValidationContext validationContext)
{
    if (this.RentDate > this.ReturnDate)
    {
        yield return new ValidationResult("Rent date must be prior to return date", new[] { "RentDate" });
    }
}