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C# C# Objects Methods Documentation

Jack Wang
Jack Wang
702 Points

Why is "System.DateTime.AddDays()" not a static method?

Can someone help?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

:point_right: If it were static, what would it be adding days to?

It takes only days as the argument, so it must apply to an instance of DateTime. To work as a static method, it would need to take two arguments.