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

Diganta Kumar is an experienced Technical Program Manager with a passion for technology. He has architected and developed software for over a decade for a broad range of industries. Diganta is a founder of two online IT businesses. He likes to help, mentor, and manage software development teams to improve and produce great software. He currently works as a Principal Program Manager for Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, he was with AWS for five years, where he managed large cross-functional programs on a global scale.

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