From 576936ead0dd5987e502448cef6ded8317c03293 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean <skessler1964@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:58:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add GenerateFutureDates

---
 MarketDataLib/Utility/DateGenerator.cs | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MarketDataLib/Utility/DateGenerator.cs b/MarketDataLib/Utility/DateGenerator.cs
index 75f99f4..b5b6d10 100644
--- a/MarketDataLib/Utility/DateGenerator.cs
+++ b/MarketDataLib/Utility/DateGenerator.cs
@@ -342,6 +342,30 @@ namespace MarketData.Utils
       }
       return histDates;
     }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Generates dates into the future respecting weekens and market holidays
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="startDate"></param>
+    /// <param name="dayCount"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public List<DateTime> GenerateFutureDates(DateTime startDate, int dayCount)
+    {
+      List<DateTime> futureDates=new List<DateTime>();
+      DateTime futureDate;
+	    TimeSpan singleDay;
+
+      startDate = startDate.Date;  
+      futureDate=startDate;
+      if(dayCount<0)singleDay=new TimeSpan(1,0,0,0);
+      else singleDay=new TimeSpan(1,0,0,0);
+      dayCount=dayCount<0?-dayCount:dayCount;
+      while(futureDates.Count<dayCount)
+      {
+        if(IsMarketOpen(futureDate))futureDates.Add(futureDate);
+        futureDate=futureDate.Add(singleDay);
+      }
+      return futureDates;
+    }
 
 		public int TradingDaysBetween(DateTime startDate,DateTime endDate)
 		{