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

Since there are no brightline rules on when to use a method and a property, DateTime.Now is truly just reading an exposed property of the state of the server, it may be constantly changing, but DateTime.Now never effects the state of any property, object or what not, so it is a property in the Framework.