STANDARD DATE AND
TIME FORMAT SPECIFIERS
IN C#
DATE AND TIME FORMAT
SPECIFIERS
• A date and time format specifier is a special character that enables
you to display the date and time values in different formats.
• Format Specifier Name
• d Short date
• D Long date
• f Full date/time
(short time)
• F Full date/time
(long time)
• g General
DATE AND TIME FORMAT
SPECIFIERS
Syntax:
• DateTime dt = [Link];
• [Link]("{0:D}", dt);
• [Link]("{0:f}", dt);
• [Link]("{0:F}", dt);
• [Link]("{0:g}", dt);
• [Link]("{0:d} {1:D}", dt, dt);
DATE AND TIME FORMAT
SPECIFIERS
• Format Specifier Name
• G General
date/time (long time)
• m or M Month day
• t Short
time
• T Long time
• y or Y Year month pattern
DATE AND TIME FORMAT
SPECIFIERS
• Format Specifier Name
• ddd Represents the abbreviated
name of the day of the week.
• dddd Represents the full name of the day of
the week.
• FF Represents the two digits of the
seconds fraction
• HH Represents the hour from 00 to
23
• MM Represents the month as a
number from 01 to 12
• MMM Represents the abbreviated name of the
month
• ss Represents the seconds as a
number from 0 to 59
DATE AND TIME FORMAT
SPECIFIERS
• [Link]("{0:HH:mm:ss tt}", dt);
• [Link]("{0:dd-MM-yyyy}", dt);