| DateTime Structure |
Represents an instant in time, typically expressed as a date and time of day.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0
SyntaxC#
[SerializableAttribute] public struct DateTime : IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible, ISerializable, IComparable<DateTime>, IEquatable<DateTime>
The DateTime type exposes the following members.
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AddDays | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of days to the value of this instance. |
| Equals(DateTime) | Returns a value indicating whether the value of this instance is equal to the value of the specified DateTime instance. |
| Equals(Object) | Returns a value indicating whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Overrides ValueTypeEquals(Object).) |
 | Equals(DateTime, DateTime) | Returns a value indicating whether two DateTime instances have the same date and time value. |
| GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Overrides ValueTypeGetHashCode.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Parse(String) | Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent. |
| Parse(String, IFormatProvider) | Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information. |
| Parse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles) | Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information and formatting style. |
| ToString | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent string representation. (Overrides ValueTypeToString.) |
| ToString(IFormatProvider) | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent string representation using the specified culture-specific format information. |
| ToString(String) | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent string representation using the specified format. |
| ToString(String, IFormatProvider) | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent string representation using the specified format and culture-specific format information. |
| ToUniversalTime | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). |
| TryParse(String, DateTime) | Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded. |
| TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime) | Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information and formatting style, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded. |
Operators| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Equality | Determines whether two specified instances of DateTime are equal. |
| Subtraction(DateTime, DateTime) | Subtracts a specified date and time from another specified date and time and returns a time interval. |
| Subtraction(DateTime, TimeSpan) | Subtracts a specified time interval from a specified date and time and returns a new date and time. |
Fields| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | MaxValue | Represents the largest possible value of DateTime. This field is read-only. |
| MinValue | Represents the smallest possible value of DateTime. This field is read-only. |
Properties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Date | Gets the date component of this instance. |
| Day | Gets the day of the month represented by this instance. |
| DayOfWeek | Gets the day of the week represented by this instance. |
| Hour | Gets the hour component of the date represented by this instance. |
| Kind | Gets a value that indicates whether the time represented by this instance is based on local time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or neither. |
| Minute | Gets the minute component of the date represented by this instance. |
| Month | Gets the month component of the date represented by this instance. |
| Now | Gets a DateTime object that is set to the current date and time on this computer, expressed as the local time. |
| Second | Gets the seconds component of the date represented by this instance. |
| UtcNow | Gets a DateTime object that is set to the current date and time on this computer, expressed as the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). |
| Year | Gets the year component of the date represented by this instance. |
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