C#: Day of the week for a specified date

C# Sharp DateTime: Exercise-3 with Solution

Write a C# Sharp program to get the day of the week for a specified date.

Sample Solution:-

C# Sharp Code:

using System;

public class Example3
{
    // Main method, entry point of the program
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Assume the current system is en-US.

        // Creating a DateTime object representing July 11, 2016
        DateTime dt = new DateTime(2016, 7, 11);

        // Displaying the day of the week for the specified date
        // Using {0:d} format to display the date in short date format
        // Displaying the day of the week using the DayOfWeek property of the DateTime object
        Console.WriteLine("The day of the week for {0:d} is {1}.", dt, dt.DayOfWeek);
    }
}

Sample Output:

The day of the week for 7/11/2016 is Monday. 

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