DateTime::Now Property

Gets a DateTime object that is set to the current date and time on this computer, expressed as the local time.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Property Value

Type: System::DateTime
An object whose value is the current local date and time.

The resolution of this property depends on the system timer.

System

Approximate resolution

Windows NT 3.5 and later

10 milliseconds

Windows 98

55 milliseconds

The return value is a DateTime whose Kind property returns DateTimeKind::Local.

NoteNote:

You can also use the Now property to retrieve the current local date and time. It allows a local time to be expressed unambiguously as a single point in time, which in turn makes that time value portable across computers.

Platform Notes

Silverlight for Windows Phone Silverlight for Windows Phone

 System.DateTime.Now.Millisecond.ToString always returns zero on the Windows Phone Emulator.

The following example uses the SpecifyKind method to demonstrate how the Kind property influences the ToLocalTime and ToUniversalTime conversion methods.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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