C# Get Date From Computer

Question

I'm trying to get the date into a string in C#. I want the format of:

2011.02.14

Which is, YYYY.MM.DD

Can someone please let me know the command for this? And also is there a way to do like Date(-1)?

Thanks.

Answer 1

• System.DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy.MM.dd");
• System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1)

Answer 2

For the first:

string s = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy.MM.dd");

For the second, you'd need to be explicit about what Date(-1) should return, but I expect it involves var foo = someDate.Add(timespan); or var foo = someDate.Add{SomeInterval}(delta);