C# DateTime Equals(DateTime, DateTime)

Description

DateTime Equals(DateTime, DateTime) returns a value indicating whether two DateTime instances have the same date and time value.

Syntax

DateTime.Equals(DateTime, DateTime) has the following syntax.


public static bool Equals(
    DateTime t1,
    DateTime t2
)

Parameters

DateTime.Equals(DateTime, DateTime) has the following parameters.

t1 - The first object to compare.
t2 - The second object to compare.

Returns

DateTime.Equals(DateTime, DateTime) method returns true if the two values are equal; otherwise, false.

Example

The following example demonstrates the Equals method.


using System;//from w w  w  .j  a  v  a  2  s .  c om
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    System.DateTime today1 = 
            new System.DateTime(System.DateTime.Today.Ticks);
    System.DateTime today2 = 
            new System.DateTime(System.DateTime.Today.Ticks);
    System.DateTime tomorrow = 
            new System.DateTime(
                        System.DateTime.Today.AddDays(1).Ticks);
    
    // todayEqualsToday gets true. 
    bool todayEqualsToday = System.DateTime.Equals(today1, today2);
             System.Console.WriteLine(todayEqualsToday);
    // todayEqualsTomorrow gets false. 
    bool todayEqualsTomorrow = System.DateTime.Equals(today1, tomorrow);
             System.Console.WriteLine(todayEqualsTomorrow);

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.