Difference between System.DateTime.Now and System.DateTime.Today

Question

Can anyone explain the difference between System.DateTime.Now and System.DateTime.Today in C#.NET? Pros and cons of each if possible.

Answer 1

The DateTime.Now property returns the current date and time, for example 2011-07-01 10:09.45310.

The DateTime.Today property returns the current date with the time compnents set to zero, for example 2011-07-01 00:00.00000.

The DateTime.Today property actually is implemented to return DateTime.Now.Date:

public static DateTime Today {
  get {
    DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
    return now.Date;
  }
}