DateTime.ToString Method (String)

Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent string representation using the specified format.

 

using System; public class DateToStringExample { public static void Main() { DateTime dateValue = new DateTime(2008, 6, 15, 21, 15, 07); // Create an array of standard format strings. string[] standardFmts = {"d", "D", "f", "F", "g", "G", "m", "o", "R", "s", "t", "T", "u", "U", "y"}; // Output date and time using each standard format string. foreach (string standardFmt in standardFmts) Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", standardFmt, dateValue.ToString(standardFmt)); Console.WriteLine(); // Create an array of some custom format strings. string[] customFmts = {"h:mm:ss.ff t", "d MMM yyyy", "HH:mm:ss.f", "dd MMM HH:mm:ss", @"/Mon/t/h/: M", "HH:mm:ss.ffffzzz" }; // Output date and time using each custom format string. foreach (string customFmt in customFmts) Console.WriteLine("'{0}': {1}", customFmt, dateValue.ToString(customFmt)); } } // This example displays the following output to the console: // d: 6/15/2008 // D: Sunday, June 15, 2008 // f: Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:15 PM // F: Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:15:07 PM // g: 6/15/2008 9:15 PM // G: 6/15/2008 9:15:07 PM // m: June 15 // o: 2008-06-15T21:15:07.0000000 // R: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:15:07 GMT // s: 2008-06-15T21:15:07 // t: 9:15 PM // T: 9:15:07 PM // u: 2008-06-15 21:15:07Z // U: Monday, June 16, 2008 4:15:07 AM // y: June, 2008 // // 'h:mm:ss.ff t': 9:15:07.00 P // 'd MMM yyyy': 15 Jun 2008 // 'HH:mm:ss.f': 21:15:07.0 // 'dd MMM HH:mm:ss': 15 Jun 21:15:07 // '/Mon/t/h/: M': Month: 6 // 'HH:mm:ss.ffffzzz': 21:15:07.0000-07:00