Can someone please let me know how do I convert this datetime format into yyyyMMdd
2/28/2017 12:02:04 AM
At the output I should get 20170228
Any advice on this?
If you already have the DateTime as an object
string formattedDate = date.ToString("yyyyMMdd");
If you need to parse the value first.
string dateValue = "2/28/2017 12:02:04 AM";
string format = "M/d/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt";
DateTime dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(dateValue, format,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
For reference you can find a breakdown of the Custom Date and Time Format Strings
You need to specify the format of the date.
If you want it for the current time you can try like this :
string dtime = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd");
This is the solution I have come up with for you:
string format = "M/d/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt";
string dateString = "2/28/2017 12:02:04 AM";
CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
string output = date.ToString("yyyyMMdd");
If you're using C# 6 or later (VS2015), you can format DateTime objects easily by using string interpolation using a custom format string. The custom format string that you're looking for is "yyyyMMdd".
// create your preferred date and time in a new DateTime struct
DateTime yourDateTime = new DateTime(2017, 2, 28, 0, 2, 4);
// format yourDateTime as a string
string yourFormattedDateTime = $"{yourDateTime:yyyyMMdd}";
You can read more about interpolated strings at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn961160.aspx, and, as previously mentioned by #Adam Carr, you can find more information on custom date and time format strings at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(v=vs.110).aspx
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I want to change DateTime now to the Format {"MM/dd/yyyy"} using this code.
string.Format("{0:MM:dd:yyyy}", DateTime.Now)
and saving it.
after getting saved string I get DateTime in format {"MM/dd/yyyy"} . Now I want to convert it in another format so I can Parse to DateTime. when I try to parse MM/dd/yyyy to DateTime got an error
"FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime."
Thanks in Advance.
You can rather use DateTime.ParseExact which allows you to specify the exact date format you are expeting the input to have.
For example
var now = DateTime.Now;
Debug.Log(now.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy"));
var example1 = now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
Debug.Log(example1);
var readTime1 = DateTime.ParseExact(example1, "MM/dd/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Debug.Log(readTime1.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy"));
var example2 = now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");
Debug.Log(example2);
var readTime2 = DateTime.ParseExact(example2, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Debug.Log(readTime2.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy"));
See Fiddle
The format is only relevant for display
If you save it in a C# DateTime variable, there is no "format" when saving it, this DateTime is a struct data type which is universal and not bound to any specific format
If you want to use a specific format for parsing, you can use:
// Parse date and time with custom specifier.
CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2008 8:30 AM -06:00";
format = "ddd dd MMM yyyy h:mm tt zzz";
DateTime myDate = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
You can use CultureInfo to optimize your format for you needs
If there is a need to save it as "MM/dd/yyyy", your should save it as string
best regards
Need help to convert datetime object into specific format. It may be duplicate question but i gone through many articles and question and answers provided in Stackoverflow but didn't get answer.
Current my date format is {dd/mm/yyyy 8:12:56 AM} which is default date time format. I want to convert in {mm/dd/yyyy 8:12:56 AM} format.
DateTime searchDateTime = Datetime.Now.AddYears(-1));
string test = searchDateTime.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy");
Its giving me format which i have given in ToString.
DateTime date = Convert.ToDateTime(test);
But when i am trying to convert string to datetime format, its returning dd/mm/yyyy formatted date.
Try using DateTime.ParseExact if you want parse the string with known format and ToString when you want to represent DateTime into the desired format:
using System.Globalization;
...
DateTime searchDateTime = new DateTime(2019, 2, 25, 16, 15, 45);
// Escape delimiters with apostrophes '..' if you want to preserve them
string test = searchDateTime.ToString(
"dd'-'MMM'-'yyyy' 'h':'mm':'ss' 'tt",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
// Parse string with known format into DateTime
DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(
test,
"dd'-'MMM'-'yyyy' 'h':'mm':'ss' 'tt",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
// Presenting DateTime as a String with the desired format
string result = date.ToString(
"MM'/'dd'/'yyyy' 'h':'mm':'ss' 'tt",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Console.WriteLine($"Initial: {test}");
Console.Write($"Final: {result}");
Outcome:
Initial: 25-Feb-2019 4:15:45 PM
Final: 02/25/2019 4:15:45 PM
I have date in string format. I want to convert in date time in following format. I have referred few links but didn't get exact output.
String date = "03-23-16"; //MM-dd-yy
Requirement: it should be in date format like "March 23, 2016"
Can anybody suggest me how to convert this?
You could convert it to DateTime by using, say, DateTime.ParseExact and then convert it back to string using format "MMMM dd, yyyy":
String date = "03-23-16"; //MM-dd-yy note that MM here
DateTime dtInstance = DateTime.ParseExact(date, "MM-dd-yy", null); //this is how you convert string to DateTime
string newDate = dtInstance.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy"); //this is how you convert it back with format as you want
Also, note that mm is minutes format in C# DateTime while MM is months.
DateTime.ParseExact("03-23-16", "MM-dd-yy", null).ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy")
You could convert it to Long Date Format by using ToLOngDateString()
string date = "03-05-16";
date = date.Replace('-', '/');
DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(date);
string newDate = dt.ToLongDateString();
it will print :March, 03, 2016.
try this:
string date = "01-08-2008";
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("24/01/2013", "mm-dd-yy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
parse to string:
dt.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy");
I have string format "20151210T11:25:11123", can't convert to type DateTime in C# help me?
string date = "20151210T11:25:11123";
DateTime datea = DateTime.ParseExact(date, "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
You are using a time of 20151210T11:25:11123 but telling it to parse it as if it were formatted as dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm tt. The format does not match the string, so you get a FormatException. You need to provide a format that matches the string you have. It isn't clear to me what the last 5 digits are but a format like yyyyMMddThh:mm:ssfff will parse the string as 12/10/2015 11:25:11 AM. You may need to adjust the last part of the format to match whatever is actually encoded there in your string.
string date = "20151210T11:25:11123";
DateTime datea = DateTime.ParseExact(date, "yyyyMMddThh:mm:ssfff", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Console.WriteLine(datea); // 12/10/2015 11:25:11 AM
with value datetime string ="20160121T13:26:24090"
code error :
DateTime datea = DateTime.ParseExact(date, "yyyyMMddThh:mm:ssfff", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Console.WriteLine(datea); // 12/10/2015 11:25:11 AM
My app parses a string data, extracts the date and identify the format of the date and convert it to yyyy-MM-dd.
The source date could be anything lime dd-mm-yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy or even yyyy-MM-dd.
Other than attempting different permutations and combinations using switch case, is there any other efficient way to do it?
string sourceDate = "31-08-2012";
String.Format("{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", sourceDate);
The above code simply returns the same sourceDate "31-08-2012".
string DateString = "11/12/2009";
IFormatProvider culture = new CultureInfo("en-US", true);
DateTime dateVal = DateTime.ParseExact(DateString, "yyyy-MM-dd", culture);
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Convert your string to DateTime and then use DateTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
DateTime temp = DateTime.ParseExact(sourceDate, "dd-MM-yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
string str = temp.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
string sourceDateText = "31-08-2012";
DateTime sourceDate = DateTime.Parse(sourceDateText, "dd-MM-yyyy")
string formatted = sourceDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
You can write your possible date formats in array and parse date as following:
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
string dd = "12/31/2015"; //or 31/12/2015
DateTime startDate;
string[] formats = { "dd/MM/yyyy", "dd/M/yyyy", "d/M/yyyy", "d/MM/yyyy",
"dd/MM/yy", "dd/M/yy", "d/M/yy", "d/MM/yy", "MM/dd/yyyy"};
DateTime.TryParseExact(dd, formats,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out startDate);
Console.WriteLine(startDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"));
}
You can change your Date Format From dd/MM/yyyy to yyyy-MM-dd in following way:
string date = DateTime.ParseExact(SourceDate, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
Here, SourceDate is variable in which you will get selected date.
You will need to parse the input to a DateTime object and then convert it to any text format you want.
If you are not sure what format you will get, you can restrict the user to a fixed format by using validation or datetimePicker, or some other component.
This is your primary problem:
The source date could be anything like dd-mm-yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy,
mm-dd-yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy or even yyyy-MM-dd.
If you're given 01/02/2013, is it Jan 2 or Feb 1? You should solve this problem first and parsing the input will be much easier.
I suggest you take a step back and explore what you are trying to solve in more detail.
Try this code:
lblUDate.Text = DateTime.Parse(ds.Tables[0].Rows[0]["AppMstRealPaidTime"].ToString()).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
if (DateTime.TryParse(datetoparser, out dateValue))
{
string formatedDate = dateValue.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
}
string sourceDate = "15/06/2021T00.00.00";
DateTime Date = DateTime.Parse(sourceDate)
string date = Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
Convert.toDateTime(sourceDate).toString("yyyy-MM-dd");
Convert.ToDateTime((string)item["LeaveFromDate"]).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")
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