DateTime.Date Property (System)

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DateTime.Date Property

Gets the date component of this instance.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public ReadOnly Property Date As DateTime
C#
public DateTime Date { get; }
Visual C++
public:
property DateTime Date {
	DateTime get ();
}
F#
member Date : DateTime

Property Value

Type: System.DateTime
A new object with the same date as this instance, and the time value set to 12:00:00 midnight (00:00:00).
Remarks

The value of the Kind property of the returned DateTime value is the same as that of the current instance.

Because the DateTime type represents both dates and times in a single type, it is important to avoid misinterpreting a date returned by the Date property as a date and time. For more information, see "Saving and Restoring DateTime Values" in the DateTime topic.

Examples

The following example uses the Date property to extract the date component of a DateTime value with its time component set to zero (or 0:00:00, or midnight). It also illustrates that, depending on the format string used when displaying the DateTime value, the time component can continue to appear in formatted output.

Visual Basic

Dim date1 As Date = #6/1/2008 7:47AM#
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString())

' Get date-only portion of date, without its time.
Dim dateOnly As Date = date1.Date
' Display date using short date string.
Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("d"))
' Display date using 24-hour clock.
Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("g"))
Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"))   
' The example displays the following output to the console:
'       6/1/2008 7:47:00 AM
'       6/1/2008
'       6/1/2008 12:00 AM
'       06/01/2008 00:00
C#

DateTime date1 = new DateTime(2008, 6, 1, 7, 47, 0);
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString());

// Get date-only portion of date, without its time.
DateTime dateOnly = date1.Date;
// Display date using short date string.
Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("d"));
// Display date using 24-hour clock.
Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("g"));
Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"));   
// The example displays the following output to the console:
//       6/1/2008 7:47:00 AM
//       6/1/2008
//       6/1/2008 12:00 AM
//       06/01/2008 00:00
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
See Also

Reference

DateTime Structure
System Namespace