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myCurrentDate = DateTime.Now
[retrieves
the current date in the following format: MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss]
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myDateTime = DateTime.Parse("02/25/1956")
[parses
string to DateTime; works only if the pattern of the string resembles your local date
format]
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myCultureInfo = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("de-DE") AND myDateTime = DateTime.Parse("25.02.1956", myCultureInfo)
[parses string to DateTime; works also if the pattern of the string deviates from your
local date format]
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myDateTime = DateTime.Now.AddHours(3)
[adds
3 hours to the current date]
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myDateTime = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(-5)
[subtracts
5 minutes from the current date]
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yourStringAsDate = DateTime.FromOADate(Convert.ToDouble(dateAsString))
[converts a double to a DateTime (midnight 30th December 1899 serves as base
date)]