Current date without time

Question

How can I get the current date but without the time? I am trying to convert the date from the "dd.mm.yyyy" format to "yyyy-MM-dd", because DateTime.Now returns the time too, I get an error (String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.) when I try to do the following.

string test = DateTime.ParseExact(DateTime.Now.ToString(), "dd.MM.yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"); 

Answer 1

Use the Date property: Gets the date component of this instance.

var dateAndTime = DateTime.Now; var date = dateAndTime.Date; 

variable date contain the date and the time part will be 00:00:00.

or

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")); 

or

DateTime.ToShortDateString Method-

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString ());