C# DateTime Today

Description

DateTime Today gets the current date.

Syntax

DateTime.Today has the following syntax.


public static DateTime Today { get; }

Example

The following example uses the Date property to retrieve the current date.

It illustrates how a DateTime value can be formatted using some of the standard date and time format strings.


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using System;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      // Get the current date.
      DateTime thisDay = DateTime.Today;
      // Display the date in the default (general) format.
      Console.WriteLine(thisDay.ToString());
      Console.WriteLine();
      // Display the date in a variety of formats.
      Console.WriteLine(thisDay.ToString("d"));
      Console.WriteLine(thisDay.ToString("D"));
      Console.WriteLine(thisDay.ToString("g"));
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.