c# - Why does my list display with each object being "System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.DateTime]" -

i want list starts 5 days before today , ends 10 days after today. in list want generate each day bullet point.

i seem getting correct number of bullet points each 1 has value of system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime]

my code below:

@{     var dates = new list<datetime>();     var start = datetime.now;     var end = start.adddays(10);      (var dt = start; dt <= end; dt = dt.adddays(1))     {         <li>@dates</li>         dates.add(dt);     } } 

displays:

system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] system.collections.generic.list`1[system.datetime] 

i sure whatever missing obvious...and feel stupid, appreciated.

that's telling do.

for (var dt = start; dt <= end; dt = dt.adddays(1))    {        <li>@dates</li> <-- each iteration, print dates.tostring        dates.add(dt);    } 

the funcition list<datetime>.tostring() returns typename, in long form system.collections.generic.list1[system.datetime].

try code:

for (var dt = start; dt <= end; dt = dt.adddays(1))    {        <li>@dt</li>         dates.add(dt);    }