DateTime.Date Property
.NET Framework (current version)
Gets the date component of this instance.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.DateTimeA new object 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.
using System; public class Example { public static void Main() { 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 output like the following output: // 6/1/2008 7:47:00 AM // 6/1/2008 // 6/1/2008 12:00 AM // 06/01/2008 00:00
Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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