Equals Method (DateTime, DateTime)
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DateTime.Equals Method (DateTime, DateTime)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Returns a value indicating whether two DateTime instances have the same date and time value.

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

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Equals ( _
	t1 As DateTime, _
	t2 As DateTime _
) As Boolean

Parameters

t1
Type: System.DateTime
The first object to compare.
t2
Type: System.DateTime
The second object to compare.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the two DateTime values are equal; otherwise, false.

t1 and t2 are equal if their Ticks property values are equal. Their Kind property values are not considered in the test for equality.

The following example demonstrates the Equals method.


Dim today1 As New System.DateTime(System.DateTime.Today.Ticks)
Dim today2 As New System.DateTime(System.DateTime.Today.Ticks)
Dim tomorrow As New System.DateTime( _
                        System.DateTime.Today.AddDays(1).Ticks)

' todayEqualsToday gets true.
Dim todayEqualsToday As Boolean = System.DateTime.Equals(today1, today2)

' todayEqualsTomorrow gets false.
Dim todayEqualsTomorrow As Boolean = System.DateTime.Equals(today1, tomorrow)


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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