Use the dates methods to use, extract, and evaluate dates in your
automations.
Compare methods
| Method | Description |
| Compare | Compares two instances of DateTime and returns whether the first
instance is earlier than, the same as, or later than the second
instance. |
| Date | A new DateTime with the same date as DateTime value, and the time
value set to 12:00:00 midnight (00:00:00). |
| Equals | Returns a value that indicates whether two DateTime objects, or a
DateTime instance and another object or DateTime, have the same
value. |
Convert methods
| Method | Description |
| Parse | Converts the string representation of a date and time to its
DateTime equivalent. |
| ParseExact | Converts the specified string representation of a date and time
to its DateTime equivalent. The format of the string representation
must match a specified format or an exception occurs. |
| TryParse | Converts the specified string representation of a date and time
to its DateTime equivalent and returns a value that indicates
whether the conversion succeeded. |
Extract methods
| Method | Description |
| Day | Gets the day of the month that is represented by this DateTime
instance. |
| DayOfWeek | Gets the day of the week that is represented by this DateTime
instance. |
| DayOfYear | Gets the day of the year that is represented by this DateTime
instance. |
| DaysInMonth | Returns the number of days in the specified month and
year. |
| Hour | Gets the hour component of the date that is represented by this
DateTime instance. |
| IsDaylightSavingTime | Indicates whether this instance of DateTime is within the
daylight saving time range for the current time zone. |
| IsLeapYear | Indicates whether the specified year is a leap year. |
| Millisecond | Gets the milliseconds component of the date represented by this
DateTime instance. |
| Minute | Gets the minute component of the date represented by this
DateTime instance. |
| Month | Gets the month component of the date represented by this DateTime
instance. |
| Second | Gets the seconds component of the date represented by this
DateTime instance. |
| Ticks | Gets the number of ticks that represent the date and time of this
DateTime instance. |
| TimeOfDay | Gets the time of day for this DateTime instance. |
| Today | Gets the current date. |
| WeekOfYear | Returns the week of the year that includes the date in the
specified DateTime value. |
| Year | Gets the year component of the date represented by this DateTime
instance. |
Math methods
| Method | Description |
| Add | Returns a new DateTime that adds the value of the specified
TimeSpan to the value of this instance. |
| AddDays | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of days to
the value of this instance. |
| AddHours | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of hours to
the value of this instance. |
| AddMilliseconds | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of
millieseconds to the value of this instance. |
| AddMinutes | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of minutes
to the value of this instance. |
| AddMonths | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of months
to the value of this instance. |
| AddSeconds | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of seconds
to the value of this instance. |
| AddTicks | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of ticks to
the value of this instance. |
| AddYears | Returns a new DateTime that adds the specified number of years to
the value of this instance. |
| Subtract | Returns the value that results from subtracting the specified
time or duration from the value of this instance. |
Now methods
| Method | Description |
| Now | Gets a DateTime object that is set to the current date and time
on this computer, expressed as the local time. |
| UtcNow | Gets a DateTime object that is set to the current date and time
on this computer, expressed as the Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC). |
String methods
| Method | Description |
| GetTimeStamp | Returns a formatted string with a timestamp. The default
timestamp format is yyyyMMddHHmmssfff. |
| ToLongDateString | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its
equivalent long date string representation. |
| ToLongTimeString | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its
equivalent long time string representation. |
| ToShortDateString | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its
equivalent short date string representation. |
| ToShortTimeString | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its
equivalent short time string representation. |
| ToString | Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its
equivalent string representation. |
TimeZone methods
| Method | Description |
| ConvertTime | Converts a time to the corresponding time in the specified time
zone. |
| ConvertTimeFromUtc | Converts a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to the time in the
specified time zone. |
| ConvertTimeToUtc | Converts a date and time to Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC). |
| FindTimeZone | Instantiates a new TimeZoneInfo object based on its
identifier. |
| GetTimeZones | Returns a sorted collection of all the time zones about which
information is available on the local system. |
| LocalTimeZone | Gets a TimeZoneInfo object that represents the local time
zone. |
| TimeZoneToString | Returns the display name of the current TimeZoneInfo
object. |
