Why it is not allowed to create datetime constant in .net?

Question

I want to create a datetime constant in .net but getting the error message

const DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(\"02/02/2014\");

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Answer 1

DateTime is not a native type in the C# language - it's a struct from the .Net libraries.

In C#, you can only create consts from the native language types, and you can only initialise them with values that can be calculated at compile-time. DateTime.Now cannot be calculated at compile time.

(The only reference type you can use with a const is a string, and that's because strings are handled specially.)

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/e6w8fe1b%28v=vs.71%29.aspx