Both DateTime and DateTimeOffset have a static Now property that returns the current date and time:
DateTime also provides a Today property that returns just the date portion:
The static UtcNow property returns the current date and time in UTC:
using System; class MainClass/* w w w. j a v a2 s . c o m*/ { public static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine (DateTime.Now); Console.WriteLine (DateTimeOffset.Now); Console.WriteLine (DateTime.Today); Console.WriteLine (DateTime.UtcNow); Console.WriteLine (DateTimeOffset.UtcNow); } }