Why is DateTime.Now a property and not a method?

Question

After reading this blog entry : http://wekeroad.com/post/4069048840/when-should-a-method-be-a-property,

I\'m wondering why Microsoft choose in C# :

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Answer 1

I believe in CLR via C#, Jeffrey Richter mentions that DateTime.Now is a mistake.

The System.DateTime class has a readonly Now property that returns the current date and time. Each time you query this property, it will return a different value. This is a mistake, and Microsoft wishes that they could fix the class by making Now a method instead of a property.

CLR via C# 3rd Edition - Page 243