Get Financial Year of a given Date in C#.Net / VB.Net

In this post we will see, generating a Financial Year string based on the given date.
I have given code in C#.Net and VB.Net.

C#.Net Method to Get Financial Year of a given Date :

    /// <summary>

    /// Method to Get Financial Year of a given Date

    /// </summary>

    /// <param name="curDate"></param>

    /// <returns></returns>

    public string GetFinancialYear(DateTime curDate)

    {

        int CurrentYear = curDate.Year;

        int PreviousYear = (curDate.Year - 1);

        int NextYear = (curDate.Year + 1);

        string PreYear = PreviousYear.ToString();

        string NexYear = NextYear.ToString();

        string CurYear = CurrentYear.ToString();

        string FinYear = null;

        if (curDate.Month > 3)

        {

            FinYear = CurYear + "-" + NexYear;

        }

        else

        {

            FinYear = PreYear + "-" + CurYear;

        }

        return FinYear;

    }

VB.Net Method to Get Financial Year of a given Date :

    ''' <summary>

    ''' Method to Get Financial Year of a given Date

    ''' </summary>

    ''' <param name="curDate"></param>

    ''' <returns></returns>

    ''' <remarks></remarks>

    Public Function GetFinancialYear(ByVal curDate As DateTime) As String

        Dim CurrentYear As Integer = curDate.Year

        Dim PreviousYear As Integer = curDate.Year - 1

        Dim NextYear As Integer = curDate.Year + 1

        Dim PreYear As String = PreviousYear.ToString()

        Dim NexYear As String = NextYear.ToString()

        Dim CurYear As String = CurrentYear.ToString()

        Dim FinYear As String = Nothing

        If (curDate.Month > 3) Then

            FinYear = CurYear + "-" + NexYear

        Else

            FinYear = PreYear + "-" + CurYear

        End If

        Return FinYear

    End Function