What are the methods and functions for displaying current time and date in C#?

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What methods and functions can I use to make the program display or return the current time and date in C#? Thanks.
 
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It's almost embarrassing how many useful hits a quick Google search for "C# time date" yields...
 
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Thanks, and sorry. I will learn to Google before asking next time.

Cheers.
 
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GetlocalTime() can do it
you can search it in MSDN.
 
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Code:
System.Console.WriteLine(System.DateTime.Now);
 

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