# Specifying the Date and Time
## Content
You can specify the time and date of a C1DateTimePicker control by setting the C1DateTimePicker.DateTime property using XAML or code.
> type=note
> **Note**: Try to avoid avoid setting the **DateTime** property in XAML. Parsing these values from strings is culture specific. If you set a value with your current culture and a user is using different culture, the user can get XamlParseException when loading your site. The best practice is to set these values from code or via data binding.
**In XAML**
Complete the following steps:
1. Place DateTime="1/17/2010 11:04 AM"to the __ tag so that the markup resembles the following:
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2. Run the project and observe that the **C1DateTimePicker** control shows the date and time as 01/17/2010 11:04:00 AM.
**In Code**
Complete the following steps:
1. Open the **Window1.xaml.cs** page.
2. Place the following code beneath the **InitializeComponent()** method:
```vbnet
C1DateTimePicker1.DateTime = New DateTime(2010, 1, 17, 11, 04, 0)
```
```csharp
c1DateTimePicker1.DateTime = new DateTime(2010, 1, 17, 11, 04, 0);
```
3. Run the project and observe that the **C1DateTimePicker** control shows the date and time as 01/17/2010 11:04:00 AM.
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