system.datetime.now.tostring code example

Example 1: c# date formats custom

// create date time 2008-03-09 16:05:07.123
DateTime dt = new DateTime(2008, 3, 9, 16, 5, 7, 123);

String.Format("{0:y yy yyy yyyy}",      dt);  // "8 08 008 2008"   year
String.Format("{0:M MM MMM MMMM}",      dt);  // "3 03 Mar March"  month
String.Format("{0:d dd ddd dddd}",      dt);  // "9 09 Sun Sunday" day
String.Format("{0:h hh H HH}",          dt);  // "4 04 16 16"      hour 12/24
String.Format("{0:m mm}",               dt);  // "5 05"            minute
String.Format("{0:s ss}",               dt);  // "7 07"            second
String.Format("{0:f ff fff ffff}",      dt);  // "1 12 123 1230"   sec.fraction
String.Format("{0:F FF FFF FFFF}",      dt);  // "1 12 123 123"    without zeroes
String.Format("{0:t tt}",               dt);  // "P PM"            A.M. or P.M.
String.Format("{0:z zz zzz}",           dt);  // "-6 -06 -06:00"   time zone

// month/day numbers without/with leading zeroes
String.Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}",           dt);  // "3/9/2008"
String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}",         dt);  // "03/09/2008"

// day/month names
String.Format("{0:ddd, MMM d, yyyy}",   dt);  // "Sun, Mar 9, 2008"
String.Format("{0:dddd, MMMM d, yyyy}", dt);  // "Sunday, March 9, 2008"

// two/four digit year
String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yy}",           dt);  // "03/09/08"
String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}",         dt);  // "03/09/2008"

Example 2: c# datetime nice format

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")	05/29/2015
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy")	Friday, 29 May 2015
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy")	Friday, 29 May 2015 05:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy")	Friday, 29 May 2015 05:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy")	Friday, 29 May 2015 5:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy")	Friday, 29 May 2015 5:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss")	Friday, 29 May 2015 05:50:06
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm")	05/29/2015 05:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt")	05/29/2015 05:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy H:mm")	05/29/2015 5:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt")	05/29/2015 5:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")	05/29/2015 05:50:06
DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM dd")	May 29
DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy’-‘MM’-‘dd’T’HH’:’mm’:’ss.fffffffK")	2015-05-16T05:50:06.7199222-04:00
DateTime.Now.ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyy HH’:’mm’:’ss ‘GMT’")	Fri, 16 May 2015 05:50:06 GMT
DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy’-‘MM’-‘dd’T’HH’:’mm’:’ss")	2015-05-16T05:50:06
DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm")	05:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm tt")	05:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("H:mm")	5:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("h:mm tt")	5:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss")	05:50:06
DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy MMMM")	2015 May