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C# Instantiating Class Instances

Dmitri Mikhalev
Dmitri Mikhalev
4,462 Points
Posted by Dmitri Mikhalev
Dmitri Mikhalev
4,462 Points

How do I set a DateTime field to a specific date?

I believe that we only practiced ".Now" and ."Today" earlier, or I might just have forgotten about it. Anyways.

Say that I am instantiating a ReleaseDate class instance and I want to set the date to 4the June, 2002.. what should I put to the right side of the equals sign? :

album.ReleaseDate = (2002, 6, 4)????;

The field in question:

 public DateTime ReleaseDate { get; set; }
Dmitri Mikhalev
Dmitri Mikhalev
4,462 Points
Dmitri Mikhalev
Dmitri Mikhalev
4,462 Points

Like this?

album.ReleaseDate = new DateTime(2002, 6, 4);

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

Looks like you resolved your own issue, congratulations!   :+1:

Another way you could do it:

album.ReleaseDate = Convert.ToDateTime("06/04/2002");