C# DateTime Date

Description

DateTime Date gets the date component of this instance.

Syntax

DateTime.Date has the following syntax.


public DateTime Date { get; }

Example

The following example shows how to get the date component of this instance.

It 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;//from  w  ww.  j  a  v a 2  s. c o  m
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    DateTime date1 = new DateTime(2008, 6, 1, 7, 47, 0);
    Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString());

    DateTime dateOnly = date1.Date;

    // Display date using short date string.
    System.Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("d"));

    // Display date using 24-hour clock.
    System.Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("g"));
    System.Console.WriteLine(dateOnly.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"));   
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.