using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var realDateObject = DateTime.Now;

        Console.WriteLine(realDateObject);

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        var stringDateValue = realDateObject.ToString();

        Console.WriteLine(stringDateValue);

​

        Console.WriteLine(realDateObject.ToString() == stringDateValue);

        Console.WriteLine(realDateObject.ToLongDateString() == stringDateValue);

        Console.WriteLine(realDateObject.ToLongDateString());

​

        DateTime dateParsed;

        DateTime.TryParse(stringDateValue, out dateParsed);

        Console.WriteLine(dateParsed);  

        Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Compare(realDateObject, dateParsed));

​

        DateFormatExamples(realDateObject);

    }

    private static void DateFormatExamples(DateTime startingDate)

{

    Console.WriteLine(startingDate);

    DateTime dateValue = startingDate;

    // Create an array of standard format strings.

    string[] standardFmts = {"d", "D", "f", "F", "g", "G", "m", "o",

                               "R", "s", "t", "T", "u", "U", "y"};

    // Output date and time using each standard format string.

    foreach (string standardFmt in standardFmts)

        Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", standardFmt,

                          dateValue.ToString(standardFmt));

    Console.WriteLine();

​

    // Create an array of some custom format strings.

    string[] customFmts = {"h:mm:ss.ff t", "d MMM yyyy", "HH:mm:ss.f",

                             "dd MMM HH:mm:ss", @"\Mon\t\h\: M", "HH:mm:ss.ffffzzz" };

    // Output date and time using each custom format string.

    foreach (string customFmt in customFmts)

        Console.WriteLine("'{0}': {1}", customFmt,

                          dateValue.ToString(customFmt));

}

}