I need to format a date to the following format:
M-d-yyyy
I tried using:
string.Format("{0:M-d-yyyy}", DateTime.Now)
But the output string will depend on the CurrentCulture on the computer where it's run, so sometimes the output might be 07/09/2014 or 07.09.2014 instead of 09-07-2014.
How can I easily prevent it from converting it based on the culture and treating it as a literal string?
Use CultureInfo.InvariantCulture as the culture or provider argument.
String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0:M-d-yyyy}", DateTime.Now)
Use CultureInfo.InvariantCulture as an IFormatProvider parameter:
DateTime.Now.ToString("M-d-yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
You can set the culture of your program with this:
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;`
You can also use a specific culture if you want (I think en-US is the one you need)
Use the following:
DateTime.Now.ToString("d", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
or apply other formatting specs as detailed in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
Pertinent to your case it could be written as:
DateTime.Now.ToString("M-d-yyyy", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
Regards,
You can use the .ToString() method on the DateTime object to format it however you'd like. Your code would look something like this:
DateTime.Now.ToString("M-d-yyyy");
More info on formatting date times can be found on the MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zdtaw1bw%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
you can try
date.ToString("MM/dd/yy", yyyymmddFormat);
or
try whats in this link
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/af4f5a1e-f81d-47fe-981d-818e785b8847/convert-string-to-datetime-object
you can force the string into a standard format if you like
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I have dd-MM-yyyy date pattern for my windows machine. In below code I'm trying to get date format through C# code, but it's giving me M/d/yyy instead of dd-MM-yyyy. In code is correct ?
Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now);
Console.WriteLine(CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern);
Use CurrentCulture instead of CurrentUICulture`.
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern
CurrentCulture is for formatting of numbers and dates.
CurrentUICulture for localisation.
Try this:-
You are using CurrentUICulture which is used for localisation instead use CurrentCulture which is used for formatting of numbers and dates
Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now);
Console.WriteLine(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern);
You can probably use: DateTime.Now.ToString("d");
Documentation about DateTime formatting can be found here: Standard DateTime Format Strings
This could be quite a straightforward question, I've tried find a answer but couldn't.
What I'm trying to do is to format my DateTimeOffset to use format specifier "G" and append timezone "zzz" with it. I like to use 'CurrentCulture' as well.
myDateTimeOffset.ToString("G zzz", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)
However, I'm getting result like 'G +12:00'.
I'm expecting to get like '28/07/2016 3:36:31 PM +12'.
Any advice to get it to format properly? Thanks.
try the following:
string.Format(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0:G} {0:zzz}", myDateTimeOffset);
I want to display date time like 01/08/11 , but i write this
string title_row = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
and the result is 8/1/2011 how i can change the formt to 01/08/11
How about?
DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yy")
, alternatively you should investigate Culture.
You can use the string format parameter of the ToString method to achieve any format you like, like this:
string title_row = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yy");
//01/08/11
For example using DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy)
Check http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx
DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yy"); should get you the required format
ToShortDateString() is governed by the culture settings and the display format is derived from the current culture, so to get it in the desired format pass in the appropriate formatting.
I've run into a problem that's driving me crazy. In my application (ASP.NET MVC2 /.NET4), I simply running this:
DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString()
All the examples I've seen indicate I should get something like: 12:32 PM, however I'm getting 12:32 without the AM/PM.
I launched LinqPad 4 to see if I could replicate this. Instead, it returns 12:32 PM correctly.
What the hell?
You may also try a custom format to avoid culture specific confusions:
DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm tt")
KBrimington looks to be correct:
The string returned by the ToShortTimeString method is culture-sensitive. It reflects the pattern defined by the current culture's DateTimeFormatInfo object. For example, for the en-US culture, the standard short time pattern is "h:mm tt"; for the de-DE culture, it is "HH:mm"; for the ja-JP culture, it is "H:mm". The specific format string on a particular computer can also be customized so that it differs from the standard short time format string.
From MSDN
If you don't want to mess with the Culture for your whole thread/application, try this:
CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("en-US");
string formatedDate = DateTime.Now.ToString("t", ci);
You can find the list of DateTime Format strings here.
Yeah, this depends on your Locale. What is the value of System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortTimePattern in your application?
See MSDN Link
You can set the thread's culture info and this will then be used by the ToShortTimeString() method. But understand that this will effect all code running in that thread.
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-us");
The function uses the users default patterns. They can be changed in the Control panel. Check out first tab in the 'Region and Language' Settings. Change the Short time pattern to a pattern that like 'h:mm tt' and you're done.
This may also need the CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
e.g. DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but parsing a yyyy/MM/dd (or other specific formats) dates in C# should be as easy as
DateTime.ParseExact(theDate, "yyyy/MM/dd");
but no, C# forces you to create an IFormatProvider.
Is there an app.config friendly way of setting this so I don't need to do this each time?
DateTime.ParseExact(theDate, "yyyy/MM/dd", new CultureInfo("en-CA", true));
The IFormatProvider argument can be null.
ParseExact needs a culture : consider "yyyy MMM dd". MMM will be a localized month name that uses the current culture.
Use the current application culture:
DateTime.ParseExact("2008/12/05", "yyyy/MM/dd", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
You can set the application culture in the app.config using the Globalization tag. I think.
Create an extension method:
public static DateTime ParseExactDateTime(this string dateString, string formatString) {
return DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, formatString, new CultureInfo("en-CA", true));
}
It requires the format provider in order to determine the particular date and time symbols and strings (such as names of the days of the week in a particular language). You can use a null, in which case the CultureInfo object that corresponds to the current culture is used.
If you don't want to have to specify it each time, create an extension method which either passes null or CultureInfo("en-CA", true) as the format provider.
You could also simply create the IFormatProvider once and store it for later use.
You could also use the Convert class
Convert.ToDateTime("2008/11/25");
//Convert date to MySql compatible format
DateTime DateValue = Convert.ToDateTime(datetimepicker.text);
string datevalue = DateValue.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
What's wrong with using Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture ?