D: Converting DateTime to Date: cannot cast from DateTime to Date

Question

I need to convert DateTime type to Date. here is my code:

DateTime dt = DateTime(2015, 1, 1, 14, 10, 13);
Date z = cast(Date)dt;

Error: cannot cast from DateTime to Date

Whats wrong?

Answer 1

DateTime isn't a Date, you can't cast it. To convert, simply access the DateTime.date() property:

http://dlang.org/phobos/std_datetime.html#.DateTime.date

const pure nothrow @property @safe Date date();

The date portion of DateTime.