DateTime Format Specifiers
Table B-3 lists the
valid format specifiers supported by the Format
method
on the DateTime
type (see System.IFormattable
).
Table B-3. DateTime Format Specifiers
Specifier |
String Result |
---|---|
D
|
|
d
|
|
f
|
|
F
|
|
g
|
|
G
|
|
m, M
|
|
r, R
|
|
s
|
|
S
|
|
t
|
|
T
|
|
u
|
|
U
|
|
y, Y
|
|
Here’s an example that uses these custom format specifiers on
a DateTime
value:
using System; class TestDateTimeFormats { static void Main() { DateTime dt = new DateTime(2000, 10, 11, 15, 32, 14); // Prints "2000-10-11T15:32:14" Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString()); // Prints "Wednesday, October 11, 2000" Console.WriteLine("{0}", dt); // Prints "10/11/2000" Console.WriteLine("{0:d}", dt); // Prints "Wednesday, October 11, 2000" Console.WriteLine("{0:D}", dt); // Prints "Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:32 PM" Console.WriteLine("{0:f}", dt); // Prints "Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:32:14 PM" Console.WriteLine("{0:F}", dt); // Prints "10/11/2000 3:32 PM" Console.WriteLine("{0:g}", dt); // Prints "10/11/2000 3:32:14 PM" Console.WriteLine("{0:G}", dt); // Prints "October 11" Console.WriteLine("{0:m}", dt); // Prints "October 11" Console.WriteLine("{0:M}", dt); // Prints "Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:32:14 GMT" Console.WriteLine("{0:r}", ...
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