DateTime formats in .Net

DateTime formats available in .Net

dd - Day number

MM - Month number

yyyy - Year

hh - Hour

mm - Minute

ss - Second

tt - AM/PM

dddd - Day name

MMMM - Month name

How do we use it?

Suppose you want to display today's date in dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy hh:mm tt format;
Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy hh:mm tt"));
The output will be as follows:
Thursday, December 11, 2008 05:30 PM

There are 133 different types of DateTime formats available in .net. Execute the code below to list all the formats for current datetime

string[] DateTimeFormats = DateTime.Now.GetDateTimeFormats();
GridView1.DataSource = DateTimeFormats;
DataBind();

10/9/2009
10/9/09
10/09/09
10/09/2009
09/10/09
2009-10-09
09-Oct-09
Friday, October 09, 2009
October 09, 2009
Friday, 09 October, 2009
09 October, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009 7:54 PM
Friday, October 09, 2009 07:54 PM
Friday, October 09, 2009 19:54
Friday, October 09, 2009 19:54
October 09, 2009 7:54 PM
October 09, 2009 07:54 PM
October 09, 2009 19:54
October 09, 2009 19:54
Friday, 09 October, 2009 7:54 PM
Friday, 09 October, 2009 07:54 PM
Friday, 09 October, 2009 19:54
Friday, 09 October, 2009 19:54
09 October, 2009 7:54 PM
09 October, 2009 07:54 PM
09 October, 2009 19:54
09 October, 2009 19:54
Friday, October 09, 2009 19:54:25
Friday, October 09, 2009 7:54:25 PM
Friday, October 09, 2009 07:54:25 PM
Friday, October 09, 2009 19:54:25
October 09, 2009 19:54:25
October 09, 2009 7:54:25 PM
October 09, 2009 07:54:25 PM
October 09, 2009 19:54:25
Friday, 09 October, 2009 19:54:25
Friday, 09 October, 2009 7:54:25 PM
Friday, 09 October, 2009 07:54:25 PM
Friday, 09 October, 2009 19:54:25
09 October, 2009 19:54:25
09 October, 2009 7:54:25 PM
09 October, 2009 07:54:25 PM
09 October, 2009 19:54:25
10/9/2009 7:54 PM
10/9/2009 07:54 PM
10/9/2009 19:54
10/9/2009 19:54
10/9/09 7:54 PM
10/9/09 07:54 PM
10/9/09 19:54
10/9/09 19:54
10/09/09 7:54 PM
10/09/09 07:54 PM
10/09/09 19:54
10/09/09 19:54
10/09/2009 7:54 PM
10/09/2009 07:54 PM
10/09/2009 19:54
10/09/2009 19:54
09/10/09 7:54 PM
09/10/09 07:54 PM
09/10/09 19:54
09/10/09 19:54
2009-10-09 7:54 PM
2009-10-09 07:54 PM
2009-10-09 19:54
2009-10-09 19:54
09-Oct-09 7:54 PM
09-Oct-09 07:54 PM
09-Oct-09 19:54
09-Oct-09 19:54
10/9/2009 19:54:25
10/9/2009 7:54:25 PM
10/9/2009 07:54:25 PM
10/9/2009 19:54:25
10/9/09 19:54:25
10/9/09 7:54:25 PM
10/9/09 07:54:25 PM
10/9/09 19:54:25
10/09/09 19:54:25
10/09/09 7:54:25 PM
10/09/09 07:54:25 PM
10/09/09 19:54:25
10/09/2009 19:54:25
10/09/2009 7:54:25 PM
10/09/2009 07:54:25 PM
10/09/2009 19:54:25
09/10/09 19:54:25
09/10/09 7:54:25 PM
09/10/09 07:54:25 PM
09/10/09 19:54:25
2009-10-09 19:54:25
2009-10-09 7:54:25 PM
2009-10-09 07:54:25 PM
2009-10-09 19:54:25
09-Oct-09 19:54:25
09-Oct-09 7:54:25 PM
09-Oct-09 07:54:25 PM
09-Oct-09 19:54:25
October 09
October 09
2009-10-09T19:54:25.2187500+05:30
2009-10-09T19:54:25.2187500+05:30
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:54:25 GMT
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:54:25 GMT
2009-10-09T19:54:25
7:54 PM
07:54 PM
19:54
19:54
19:54:25
7:54:25 PM
07:54:25 PM
19:54:25
2009-10-09 19:54:25Z
Friday, October 09, 2009 14:24:25
Friday, October 09, 2009 2:24:25 PM
Friday, October 09, 2009 02:24:25 PM
Friday, October 09, 2009 14:24:25
October 09, 2009 14:24:25
October 09, 2009 2:24:25 PM
October 09, 2009 02:24:25 PM
October 09, 2009 14:24:25
Friday, 09 October, 2009 14:24:25
Friday, 09 October, 2009 2:24:25 PM
Friday, 09 October, 2009 02:24:25 PM
Friday, 09 October, 2009 14:24:25
09 October, 2009 14:24:25
09 October, 2009 2:24:25 PM
09 October, 2009 02:24:25 PM
09 October, 2009 14:24:25
October, 2009
October, 2009

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