Date vs DateTime

There is no `Date` DataType.

However you can use `DateTime.Date` to get just the Date.

**E.G.**

DateTime date = DateTime.Now.Date;

public class AsOfdates
{
public string DisplayDate { get; set; }
private DateTime TheDate;
public DateTime DateValue
{
get
{
return TheDate.Date;
}

set
{
TheDate = value;
}
}
}

No there isn't. `DateTime` represents some point in time that is composed of a date and a time. However, you can retrieve the date part via the [`Date`][1] property (which is another `DateTime` with the time set to `00:00:00`).

And you can retrieve individual date properties via [`Day`][2], [`Month`][3] and [`Year`][4].

**UPDATE**: In .NET 6 the types `DateOnly` and `TimeOnly` [are introduced][5] that represent just a date or just a time.


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It seems that .NET 6 is finally introducing a date only type. It will be called `DateOnly` and there will also be a `TimeOnly` type added to the BCL in the `System` namespace.

It is already available in preview 4. Read [this blog article][1] for further details.


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As pointed by Dejan and Jonas Lomholdt,

`.Net 6` has the `DateOnly` type, it is a structure that is intended to represent only a date like a year, month, and day.

DateOnly d1 = new DateOnly(2022, 5, 16);
Console.WriteLine(d1); // 5/16/2022
Console.WriteLine(d1.Year); // 2021
Console.WriteLine(d1.Month); // 5
Console.WriteLine(d1.Day); // 16
Console.WriteLine(d1.DayOfWeek); // Monday



// Manipulation
DateOnly d2 = d1.AddMonths(3); // You can add days, months, or years. Use negative values to subtract. We are adding 3 months
Console.WriteLine(d2); // "8/16/2022" notice there is NO time

// You can use the DayNumber property to find out how many days are between two dates
int days = d2.DayNumber - d1.DayNumber;
Console.WriteLine($"There are {days} days between {d1} and {d2}"); //There are 92 days between 5/16/2022 and 8/16/2022

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