// Create a new 'Uri' object with the mentioned string.
Uri myUri =new Uri("http://www.contoso.com");			
// Create a new 'HttpWebRequest' object with the above 'Uri' object.
HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest= (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(myUri);

// Create a new 'DateTime' object.
DateTime targetDate = DateTime.Now;
// Set a target date of a week ago
targetDate.AddDays(-7.0);
myHttpWebRequest.IfModifiedSince = targetDate;

try   
{
  // Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
  HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse=(HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();
  Console.WriteLine("Response headers for recently modified page\n{0}\n",myHttpWebResponse.Headers);
  Stream streamResponse=myHttpWebResponse.GetResponseStream();
  StreamReader streamRead = new StreamReader( streamResponse );
  Char[] readBuff = new Char[256];
  int count = streamRead.Read( readBuff, 0, 256 );
  Console.WriteLine("\nThe contents of Html Page are :  \n");	

  while (count > 0) 
  {
    String outputData = new String(readBuff, 0, count);
    Console.Write(outputData);
    count = streamRead.Read(readBuff, 0, 256);
  }
  // Close the Stream object.
  streamResponse.Close();
  streamRead.Close();
  // Release the HttpWebResponse Resource.
  myHttpWebResponse.Close();
            
  Console.WriteLine("\nPress 'Enter' key to continue.................");	
  Console.Read();
}
catch(WebException e)
{
  if (e.Response != null)
  {
    if ( ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotModified)
      Console.WriteLine("\nThe page has not been modified since "+targetDate);
    else
      Console.WriteLine("\nUnexpected status code = " + ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusCode);  
  }
  else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("\nUnexpected Web Exception " + e.Message);
            }
        }