DateTime Formatting

DateTime Formatting

DateTime is a structureof value Type like int, double etc. It is available in System namespace and present in mscorlib.dll assembly. It implements interfaces like IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible, ISerializable, IComparable, IEquatable.

Different users need different kind format date. For instance some users need date like "mm/dd/yyyy", some need "dd-mm-yyyy". So below specifiers will help you to get date in different formats. Let's say current Date Time is "12/8/2015 3:15:19 PM" and as per that you will get output based on specifier.

Specifier	Description	Output
d	Short Date	12/8/2015
D	Long Date	Tuesday, December 08, 2015
t	Short Time	3:15 PM
T	Long Time	3:15:19 PM
f	Full date and time	Tuesday, December 08, 2015 3:15 PM
F	Full date and time (long)	Tuesday, December 08, 2015 3:15:19 PM
g	Default date and time	12/8/2015 15:15
G	Default date and time (long)	12/8/2015 15:15
M	Day / Month	8-Dec
r	RFC1123 date	Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:15:19 GMT
s	Sortable date/time	2015-12-08T15:15:19
u	Universal time, local timezone	2015-12-08 15:15:19Z
Y	Month / Year	December, 2015
dd	Day	8
ddd	Short Day Name	Tue
dddd	Full Day Name	Tuesday
hh	2 digit hour	3
HH	2 digit hour (24 hour)	15
mm	2 digit minute	15
MM	Month	12
MMM	Short Month name	Dec
MMMM	Month name	December
ss	seconds	19
fff	milliseconds	120
FFF	milliseconds without trailing zero	12
tt	AM/PM	PM
yy	2 digit year	15
yyyy	4 digit year	2015
:	Hours, minutes, seconds separator, e.g. {0:hh:mm:ss}	9:08:59
/	Year, month , day separator, e.g. {0:dd/MM/yyyy}	8/4/2007