Is DateTime a primitive type?
As per what I can find, I believe DateTime is a primitive type, but when I check my DateTime variable the IsPrimitive property is false.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa711900(v=vs.71).aspx
In the article above, you will see that they say DateTime is primitive. So what am I doing wrong or am I not reading the article incorrectly?
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The MSDN page on IsPrimitive contains .net types that are considered primitive in relation to this method:
The primitive types are Boolean, Byte, SByte, Int16, UInt16, Int32, UInt32, Int64, UInt64, IntPtr, UIntPtr, Char, Double, and Single.
And DateTime is not on this list.
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Date
(which maps to System.DateTime
) is a primitive type of Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET for short).
It is not a primitive type in C # and it is not a primitive type in the CLR.
A primitive type for a given language is a type for which you can write a litteral string, and this litterla is understood by the compiler to be a relevant type. You cannot do this for DateTime in C #.
a primitive type for CLR is a type on which some low level optimizations are allowed. It is very limited: only string and different integers and numbers of numbers with number numbers are primitive types.
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Use Type.IsPrimitive to determine if a type is primitive.
For your specific question, you can try DateTime.Now.GetType().IsPrimitive
. (This returns false
). The link in the accepted answer is for the primitive types of the Visual Basic Language Specification ...
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