String Format for DateTime (C#)

This post shows you how to format DateTime using DateTime.Now.ToString() method.

There are different datetime Formats as menctioned below...

DateTime dt = new DateTime.Now.ToString(); // jan-23-2012

gives an output as Monday, January 23, 2012 

More Examples :

dt.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy"); // Indian Date Format 23-01-2012
dt.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"); // Indian Date and Time 23-01-2012 23:35:07
dt.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm tt"); // Indian Date and Time 23-01-2012 23:35 PM

In another way as follows

dt.String.Format("y yy yyy yyyy",dt);// "2 12 012 2012" year
dt.String.Format("M MM MMM MMMM",dt);// "1 01 Jan January" month
dt.String.Format("d dd ddd dddd",dt);// "23 23 Mon Monday" day
dt.String.Format("h hh H HH",    dt);// "4 04 16 16" hour 12/24
dt.String.Format("m mm",         dt);// "5 05"          minute
dt.String.Format("s ss",         dt);// "7 07"          second
dt.String.Format("f ff fff ffff",dt);// "1 12 123 1230" sec.fraction
dt.String.Format("F FF FFF FFFF",dt);// "1 12 123 123" without zeroes
dt.String.Format("t tt",         dt);// "P PM"         A.M. or P.M.
dt.String.Format("z zz zzz",     dt);// "-6 -06 -06:00"  time zone