Gets the date component of this instance.
Namespace:
System
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public ReadOnly Property Date As DateTime
Dim instance As DateTime
Dim value As DateTime
value = instance.Date
public DateTime Date { get; }
public:
property DateTime Date {
DateTime get ();
}
public function get Date () : DateTime
Property Value
Type:
System..::.DateTimeA new DateTime with the same date as this instance, and the time value set to 12:00:00 midnight (00:00:00).
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.
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
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
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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