Converted a object List to DateTime List but I just want the Date not the Time

Question

I have an object List called list and I converted it by:

List<DateTime> dateList = list.Select(date => Convert.ToDateTime(date[0])).ToList();

My object list contained values such as 09/04/2015 but when I do this list conversion I get values in the format of 09/04/2015 00:00:00.

I was just wondering how I can get it so just the date is stored in the dateList?

The .Date property does not work

you cant remove the Time from `DateTime`, but wherever you display it, you can show just the date using the `DateTime.Date` property and/or using some formatting — Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp, Apr 24 '15 at 22:39
What does `date[0]` do? In other words, what does your list contain? Is it strings? That wouldn't build. Hmm. — Shaun Luttin, Apr 24 '15 at 22:52

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 24 '15 at 22:55

.NET doesn't really have a type that represents just a Date. However, if you know how you want your date to be displayed at this point in your code, then you can convert it into a string.

const string dateFormat = "d"; // e.g. "9/4/2015"
List<string> dateList = list
    .Select(date => Convert.ToDateTime(date[0]).ToString(dateFormat))
    .ToList();

You can change the dateFormat to use any of the standard strings listed here, or using a custom format that you can build, as described here.

Here is a fiddle.

Converted a object List to DateTime List but I just want the Date not the Time

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