System > System Assembly Classes > DateTime

DateTime

Description

The DateTime class represents date and time.

Properties of the DateTime Class

	Property name	Brief description
	MaxValue	The MaxValue property returns the maximum value of the DateTime type.
	MinValue	The MinValue property returns the minimum value of the DateTime type.
	Ticks	The Ticks property returns the number of milliseconds since the operating system startup.
	Ticks64	The Ticks64 property returns the number of milliseconds since the operating system startup on the long work.
	TimeZoneBias	The TimeZoneBias property returns offset of the current time from the universal time coordinate (UTC).
	TimeZoneName	The TimeZoneName property returns name of the current time zone.

Methods of the DateTime Class

	Method name	Brief description
	Add	The Add method increases the date by the specified value.
	AddDays	The AddDays method adds the specified number of days to the initial date.
	AddHours	The AddHours method adds the specified number of hours to the initial date.
	AddMilliseconds	The AddMilliseconds method adds the specified number of milliseconds to the initial date.
	AddMinutes	The AddMinutes method adds the specified number of minutes to the initial date.
	AddMonths	The AddMonths method adds the specified number of months to the initial date.
	AddSeconds	The AddSeconds method adds the specified number of seconds to the initial date.
	AddYears	The AddYears adds the specified number of years to the initial date.
	Compose	The Compose method creates a date and time value from the specified input parameters.
	ComposeDay	The ComposeDay method creates a value of time from the specified input parameters.
	ComposeTimeOfDay	The ComposeTimeOfDay method creates a value of time from the specified input parameters.
	DaysInMonth	The DaysInMonth method returns the number of days in the specified month of the specified year.
	Difference	The Difference method calculates difference between start and end date.
	FromDouble	The FromDouble method returns the date and time value obtained by conversion from the Double format.
	IsLeapYear	The IsLeapYear method returns the leap year attribute.
	Now	The Now returns current date and time.
	Parse	The Parse method converts a string into the DateTime type without validation.
	Subtract	The Subtract method decreases the date by the specified value.
	Today	The Today method returns the current date.
	TryParse	The TryParse method converts a string into the DateTime type with validation.

Properties of Variables of the DateTime Type

	Property name	Brief description
	Date	The Date property returns the date component from the current variable.
	Day	The Day property returns the day of the month from the current variable.
	DayOfWeek	The DayOfWeek property returns the day of the week from the current variable.
	DayOfYear	The DayOfYear property returns the number of the day of the current variable starting from the beginning of the year.
	Hour	The Hour property returns the number of hours from the current variable.
	Millisecond	The Millisecond property returns the number of milliseconds in the current variable.
	Minute	The Minute property returns the number of minutes from the current variable.
	Month	The Month property returns the number of the month from the current variable.
	Second	The Second property returns the number of seconds from the current variable.
	TimeOfDay	The TimeOfDay property returns the time component from the current variable.
	ToDouble	The ToDouble property returns the date value in the Double format.
	ToString	The ToString property returns the value of the current variable converted into string type.
	Year	The Year property returns the number of the year from the current variable.