DateTime.ToString() Patterns

I've taken this from: http://www.geekzilla.co.uk/View00FF7904-B510-468C-A2C8-F859AA20581F.htm  because I use it so much and would be devastated if it ever went down :)

 

0 MM/dd/yyyy 08/22/2006
1 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy Tuesday, 22 August 2006
2 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30
3 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 AM
4 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy H:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30
5 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy h:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 AM
6 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07
7 MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm 08/22/2006 06:30
8 MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt 08/22/2006 06:30 AM
9 MM/dd/yyyy H:mm 08/22/2006 6:30
10 MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt 08/22/2006 6:30 AM
10 MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt 08/22/2006 6:30 AM
10 MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt 08/22/2006 6:30 AM
11 MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss 08/22/2006 06:30:07
12 MMMM dd August 22
13 MMMM dd August 22
14 yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.fffffffK 2006-08-22T06:30:07.7199222-04:00
15 yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.fffffffK 2006-08-22T06:30:07.7199222-04:00
16 ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT' Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT
17 ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT' Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT
18 yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss 2006-08-22T06:30:07
19 HH:mm 06:30
20 hh:mm tt 06:30 AM
21 H:mm 6:30
22 h:mm tt 6:30 AM
23 HH:mm:ss 06:30:07
24 yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z' 2006-08-22 06:30:07Z
25 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07
26 yyyy MMMM 2006 August
27 yyyy MMMM 2006 August

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'd' ) :

0 MM/dd/yyyy 08/22/2006

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'D' ) :

0 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy Tuesday, 22 August 2006

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'f' ) :

0 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30
1 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 AM
2 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy H:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30
3 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy h:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 AM

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'F' ) :

0 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'g' ) :

0 MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm 08/22/2006 06:30
1 MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt 08/22/2006 06:30 AM
2 MM/dd/yyyy H:mm 08/22/2006 6:30
3 MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt 08/22/2006 6:30 AM

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'G' ) :

0 MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss 08/22/2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'm' ) :

0 MMMM dd August 22

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'r' ) :

0 ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT' Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 's' ) :

0 yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss 2006-08-22T06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'u' ) :

0 yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z' 2006-08-22 06:30:07Z

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'U' ) :

0 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'y' ) :

0 yyyy MMMM 2006 August

 

Author: Paul Hayman

Published: Tuesday, 22 August, 2006

Published Monday, July 28, 2008 11:27 AM by Kiyoshi

Comments

# Convert String to Database DateTime

Friday, November 21, 2008 12:15 AM by Kiyoshi's Blog

When debugging database datetime datatypes in my apps, I like to fake the data sometimes.  Heres

# re: DateTime.ToString() Patterns

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:35 AM by Anuj

TextBox1.Tostring('d') and TextBox1.Tostring("dd/mm/yyyy")

both gives error "No overload for method ToString takes 1 argument"

# re: DateTime.ToString() Patterns

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:01 PM by Kiyoshi

Anuj,

using TextBox1.ToString() will attempt to create a string representation of the object which cannot work in this case.

If you are using a TextBox, you must first cast it to a DateTime and use the .Text property.

ex:   C# - Convert.ToDateTime(TextBox1.Text).ToString("dd/mm/yyyy")

        VB - CType(TextBox1.Text, DateTime).ToString("dd/mm/yyyy")

# re: DateTime.ToString() Patterns

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:06 PM by Kiyoshi

Correction month should be in caps so it should be:

ex:   C# - Convert.ToDateTime(TextBox1.Text).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

       VB - CType(TextBox1.Text, DateTime).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

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