Date Formatting in C#


Cheat sheet

<%= String.Format("{specifier}", DateTime.Now) %>

Specifier Description Output
d Short Date 08/04/2007
D Long Date 08 April 2007
t Short Time 21:08
T Long Time 21:08:59
f Full date and time 08 April 2007 21:08
F Full date and time (long) 08 April 2007 21:08:59
g Default date and time 08/04/2007 21:08
G Default date and time (long) 08/04/2007 21:08:59
M Day / Month 08 April
r RFC1123 date Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:08:59 GMT
s Sortable date/time 2007-04-08T21:08:59
u Universal time, local timezone 2007-04-08 21:08:59Z
Y Month / Year April 2007
dd Day 08
ddd Short Day Name Sun
dddd Full Day Name Sunday
hh 2 digit hour 09
HH 2 digit hour (24 hour) 21
mm 2 digit minute 08
MM Month 04
MMM Short Month name Apr
MMMM Month name April
ss seconds 59
tt AM/PM PM
yy 2 digit year 07
yyyy 4 digit year 2007
: seperator, e.g. {0:hh:mm:ss} 09:08:59
/ seperator, e.g. {0:dd/MM/yyyy} 08/04/2007
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About Diganta Kumar
Diganta Kumar has years of experience in architecting and development of .NET systems to meet complex business needs. Specialized in Intranet and Internet projects. Strong knowledge of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Systems like Microsoft SharePoint and Elcom Community Manager.NET. I have developed, designed, implemented and configured Legal Aid NSW and Bankstown City Council NSW Intranets.

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