Server coding often involves objects.
The "DateTime" object is a typical built-in ASP.NET object, but objects can also be self-defined, a web page, a text box, a file, a database record, etc.
Objects may have methods they can perform. A database record might have a "Save" method, an image object might have a "Rotate" method, an email object might have a "Send" method, and so on.
Objects also have properties that describe their characteristics. A database record might have a FirstName and a LastName property (among others).
The ASP.NET DateTime object has a Now property (written as DateTime.Now), and the Now property has a Day property (written as DateTime.Now.Day). The example below shows how to access some properties of the DateTime object:
Example
<tr>
<th width="100px">Name</th>
<td width="100px">Value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Day</td><td>@DateTime.Now.Day</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hour</td><td>@DateTime.Now.Hour</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Minute</td><td>@DateTime.Now.Minute</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Second</td><td>@DateTime.Now.Second</td>
</tr>
</td>
</table>
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