Date object vs. DateTime object

I am currently looking at the msdn pages for the date and datetime object. I also have reflector opened up, and 开发者_开发百科it looks like the date and datetime object just reference the Date structure. Why do we have two objects which reference the same structure? what is the differences between them?

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The CLR classes (e.g. DateTime, Int32, etc.) contain the actual implementation. This is what you will see in Reflector.

Due to their heritage, C# and VB define certain aliases for commonly used data types. For example, int in C# is an alias of Int32. In VB, one such alias is Date for DateTime.

Here are lists of these aliases:

• Built-In Types Table (C# Reference)
• Data Type Summary (Visual Basic)

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There is no Date type. There is only a DateTime type which is what you should use for any date or datetime data.