A type for Date only in C# - why is there no Date type?

Question

In our C# project we have the need for representing a date without a time. I know of the existence of the DateTime, however, it incorporates a time of day as well. I

Answer 1

Allow me to speculate: Maybe it is because until SQL Server 2008 there was no Date datatype in SQL so it would be hard so store it in SQL server?? And it is after all a Microsoft Product?