Suppose today:
var user = "05-08-2012";
var date = DateTime.ParseExact(user, "MM-dd-yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
var lastdate = new DateTime(date.Year, 12, 31);
var diff = lastdate - date;
diff.TotalDayscontains the number of days (thanks @Tung). lastdatealso contains the last date of the year.
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