gistfile1.cs

using System;

namespace DummyCSharp
{
	class MainClass
	{
		public static void Main (string[] args)
		{
			MyDateTime now = DateTime.Now;
			
			Console.WriteLine ("Today's date is: " + (string)now);
		}
	}
	
	public class MyDateTime
	{
		private DateTime _datetime;
		
		private MyDateTime(DateTime dt) { _datetime = dt; }
		
		
		// implicitly convertible to and from a DateTime
		public static implicit operator DateTime(MyDateTime mdt)
		{
			return mdt._datetime;
		}
		
		public static implicit operator MyDateTime(DateTime dt)
		{
			return new MyDateTime(dt);
		}
		
		// must be explicitly converted to string
		public static explicit operator string(MyDateTime mdt)
		{
			return mdt._datetime.ToString ("MM/dd/yyyy");
		}
	}
}