Get today's date at midnight or no minutes and seconds

Question

How can I get the current date but at midnight in a date object instead of a string object?

I know I can do this Date.Now.ToShortDateString, but that returns a string object. But if I do this Convert.ToDateTime(Date.Now.ToShortDateString), it seems like too much code. Let me know if I should just get over this and use it.

Reason, I need to compare two dates and the date I'm comparing it to only has a date and no time.

Answer 1

There is a DateTime.Today field specifically for that purpose.
You can also use DateTime.Date property to get just the date of any datetime object, so DateTime.Now.Date will also work.

Answer 2

Look at the Date property:

DateTime.Now.Date