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DateTime.DayOfWeek Property: Here, we are going to learn about the DayOfWeek Property of DateTime class with example in C#.
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on October 24, 2019

DateTime.DayOfWeek Property

DateTime.DayOfWeek Property is used to return the day of the week.

Syntax:

    DayOfWeek DateTime.DayOfWeek;

Return value:

The return type of this Property is DayOfWeek, It returns the day of the week.

Example to demonstrate example of DateTime.DayOfWeek Property

using System;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //creating an object of DateTime class
            //and, initializing it with the current time 
            //using "Now"           
            DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;

            //getting day of the week
            string day = dt.DayOfWeek.ToString();

            //printing the day of the week
            Console.WriteLine("Day of the week is: " + day);

            //just to print a new line
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
}

Output

Day of the week is: Thursday