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DaveyM6910-Jun-08 3:32
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It probably is a waste but you need an instance of the DateTime struct to exist to be able to get the value! The other way would be for the Now property getter to be a method and require an out parameter. This would make things really complicated if you needed to do a simple calculation and didn't need a variable for the Now value.

The overhead is really very small indeed - personally I wouldn't waste my time on such minor details.

Dave

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