title: Is there a short-hand to initialize a DateTime variable?
body: <p>Is there a short-hand to initialize a DateTime variable in C#, without explicitly declaring a new object? For example, in VB.NET, you can surround a string value in hashes.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim date1 As Date = #5/1/2008 8:30:52AM#
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