Date Formatting in C#

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