Dates

A date can be represented in C# using the DateTime value type. It is a struct with two static properties called MinValue, which is January 1, 0001 00:00:00, and MaxValue, which is December 31, 9999 11:59:59 P.M. As the names suggest, both these values represent the minimum and maximum dates according to the Gregorian calendar date format. The default value for DateTime objects is MinValue.

It is possible to construct a DateTime variable in various ways. Some of the most common ways are as follows:

• Assigning the current time as follows:

  var now = DateTime.Now;

This sets the variable to the current date and time on the calling computer, expressed as the local time.

var now = DateTime.UtcNow;

This sets the variable to the current date and time on this computer, expressed as the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

• You can also use constructors for passing days, months, years, hours, minutes, and even seconds and milliseconds.
• There is also a special...