DateTime RoundUp(DateTime dt, TimeSpan d) { return new DateTime(((dt.Ticks + d.Ticks - 1) / d.Ticks) * d.Ticks); } var dt1 = RoundUp(DateTime.Parse("2011-08-11 16:59"), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15)); // dt1 == {11/08/2011 17:00:00} var dt2 = RoundUp(DateTime.Parse("2011-08-11 17:00"), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15)); // dt2 == {11/08/2011 17:00:00} var dt3 = RoundUp(DateTime.Parse("2011-08-11 17:01"), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15)); // dt3 == {11/08/2011 17:15:00} void Main() { var date1 = new DateTime(2011, 8, 11, 16, 59, 00); date1.Round15().Dump(); var date2 = new DateTime(2011, 8, 11, 17, 00, 02); date2.Round15().Dump(); var date3 = new DateTime(2011, 8, 11, 17, 01, 23); date3.Round15().Dump(); var date4 = new DateTime(2011, 8, 11, 17, 00, 00); date4.Round15().Dump(); } public static class Extentions { public static DateTime Round15(this DateTime value) { var ticksIn15Mins = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15).Ticks; return (value.Ticks % ticksIn15Mins == 0) ? value : new DateTime((value.Ticks / ticksIn15Mins + 1) * ticksIn15Mins); } } 8/11/2011 5:00:00 PM 8/11/2011 5:15:00 PM 8/11/2011 5:15:00 PM 8/11/2011 5:00:00 PM dt.AddSeconds(900 - (x.Minute * 60 + x.Second) % 900) public static class DateTimeExtensions { public static DateTime Round( this DateTime value , TimeSpan unit ) { return Round( value , unit , default(MidpointRounding) ) ; } public static DateTime Round( this DateTime value , TimeSpan unit , MidpointRounding style ) { if ( unit <= TimeSpan.Zero ) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("unit" , "value must be positive") ; Decimal units = (decimal) value.Ticks / (decimal) unit.Ticks ; Decimal roundedUnits = Math.Round( units , style ) ; long roundedTicks = (long) roundedUnits * unit.Ticks ; DateTime instance = new DateTime( roundedTicks ) ; return instance ; } }